Badminton at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Olympian1010 7,971]

51 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

 Soren Opti to withdraw after testing positive twice in his home country

Any word on wether he will be replaced by another athlete, or will the men’s singles drop down to 41 entries?

[Griff88 1,952]

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Any word on wether he will be replaced by another athlete, or will the men’s singles drop down to 41 entries?

Seems like the latter, I think the BWF officials are still having their breakfast atm

[intoronto 5,635]

Per the LAR if the reason of withdrawal is justified, which it is, and if there is enough time, there will be a replacement. So perhaps would send their athlete?

[Griff88 1,952]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Per the LAR if the reason of withdrawal is justified, which it is, and if there is enough time, there will be a replacement. So perhaps would send their athlete?

Hopefully yes, but the Polish athlete should not have too much hope on that

[Adriano 590]

1 hour ago, Griff88 said:

Hopefully yes, but the Polish athlete should not have too much hope on that

He said that is probably more possible that this quota won't be allocated. Only w/o for rivals in group. 

[hckošice 14,821]

Yes, at this point I do not see any more athletes invited, at least for sports of 1st week, the time is running out, the hosts require a lot of necessary but also a lot of nonsensical things for which there is simply no time to do them. In those sports, I am convinced either they will simply use athletes from other disciplines as double starters or just there will be fewer competitors than the permitted quotas were distributed.

[heywoodu 15,135]

5 hours ago, Griff88 said:

 Soren Opti to withdraw after testing positive twice in his home country

These things are going to be so heartbreaking  

 

For everyone of course, but especially athletes whose main goal is not so much to win a medal, but to participate and show what they can do...

[dcro 10,210]

There were cases of athletes receiving reallocations even after the Opening ceremony, but I guess we are living in special times right now.

[hckošice 14,821]

@Griff88 any info from the backstages about the final schedule release

[intoronto 5,635]

14 minutes ago, hckošice said:

@Griff88 any info from the backstages about the final schedule release

Speaking from prior experience, the schedule for the next day is done the day before. The full schedule for first two days are available on the Tokyo 2020 website.