Badminton World Federation welcomes postponement of Tokyo Olympics
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday welcomed the decision of postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games due to the global rise of the coronavirus pandemic."BWF fully supports the decision made yesterday by IOC President Thomas Bach, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, and the Tokyo Organising Committee (TOCOG) to 'reschedule the Games to a date beyond 2020 but no later than summer 2021'," the BWF said in a statement.The federation will review the impact of the decision on athletes qualification and ensure a 'fair solution' for the postponed Games."For our athletes, we will review any impacts on the Olympic and Paralympic qualification system to ensure a fair solution is found to qualify players for the postponed Games," read a statement.On Tuesday, for the first time in the history of the mega global event, the Olympics were postponed by a year. The decision was confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the organising body for the event and