Coronavirus: BWF To Review Olympic Qualification, Freezing Of World Rankings Also Possible | Badminton News
“For our athletes, we can evaluation any affects at the Olympic and Paralympic qualification machine to verify an excellent resolution is located to qualify gamers for the postponed Video games,” the BWF stated in a commentary.
“BWF, within the non permanent, could also be having a look into the potential of freezing World Rankings till world tournaments get started once more.
“Alternatively, we’re nonetheless running at the technical resolution to verify the freezing and eventual un-freezing of World Rankings works quite for all gamers and we can announce this in a while.”
Shuttlers within the singles festival should be inside of top-16 of global ratings to qualify for the Olympics
In doubles, a rustic can box one pair if they’re within the peak 16 and two if each pairs are within the peak 8.
The BWF welcomed the Global Olympic Committee (IOC)’s decision to postpone the Olympics, in the beginning scheduled from July 24 to August nine, to subsequent yr within the wake of the pandemic, which has led to just about 19,000 deaths international.
“As of late, we stand in unity with the Global Olympic Committee (IOC) and Global Paralympic Committee (IPC) in welcoming the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Video games,” the commentary stated.
“BWF totally helps the verdict made the day before today via IOC President Thomas Bach, Top Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, and the Tokyo Establishing Committee (TOCOG) to reschedule the Video games to a date past 2020 however no later than summer time 2021.
“As we have now learnt in fresh months, balancing the various important concerns for the entire of recreation has been a fancy workout, so we’re supportive of the way tricky this determination would had been for the IOC and TOCOG,”it added.
The BWF had previous this month suspended all of the HSBC BWF World Excursion and different tournaments from March 16 to April 12 earlier than additional postponing 5 extra tournaments which integrated the 3 continental championships falling within the the April 26 time limit for Olympic qualification.
“We’re nonetheless at this level left with some uncertainty on new dates for the Video games however we ask for persistence from all of the badminton neighborhood to permit the BWF, in collaboration and consensus with the IOC, IPC and TOCOG, to achieve a greater figuring out of what the following 12 months will seem like,” BWF stated.
The coronavirus outbreak has to this point inflamed greater than four,00,000 globally and BWF stated all that issues now’s the well-being of the badminton fraternity, together with the athletes and officers.
“At the moment, our fast ideas are with everybody suffering from this world pandemic. From the beginning, the well being, protection and wellbeing of all athletes, their entourage, officers and the higher badminton fraternity had been our No.1 precedence,” BWF stated.
“…we have now sturdy concerns to give protection to the important thing constructions of our recreation that may be sure it survives in those risky and unsure instances. We respect that the most important a part of that is the livelihood of our world badminton gamers within the present state of affairs the place only a few tournaments can be performed over the approaching months.”
