New BAM coaching director must help deliver Olympic gold


Different role: Wong Choong Hann is BAM

KUALA LUMPUR: Newly appointed Bad­minton Association of Malaysia (BAM) coaching director Wong Choong Hann has been tasked with helping to deliver Malaysia’s first-ever gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

BAM president Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria made the announcement that the former world No. 1 and one-time World Cham­pionships silver medallist will officially start his new job with a two-year-contract beginning Jan 1 next year.

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