Jonatan has late brother in mind as he guns for glory

Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in action during the match against Aram Mahmoud of the Refugee Olympic Team. — Reuters

TOKYO: Asian men’s singles badminton champion Jonatan Christie is gunning for glory at the Covid-19-delayed Tokyo Olympics in memory of his brother who died of the disease.

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