A promise to keep - Indonesian badminton ace Jonathan playing Tokyo Games for Covid-19-victim brother

Indonesia's Jonathan Christie plays against Aram Mahmoud of the Refugee Olympic Team during their men's singles badminton match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. - AP

Tokyo, July 25, 2021 (AFP): An Asian champion badminton player is gunning for glory at the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics in memory of his brother who died of the disease.

Indonesia's Jonatan Christie was competing at a tournament in Thailand earlier this year when he learned that his older brother, Ivan, had contracted the illness back home.