Loh Kean Yew

2022 - 3 - 22

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Loh Kean Yew has Covid-19, withdraws from Swiss Open - The ... (The Independent)

Singapore's first badminton world champion has withdrawn from the Swiss Open, which is taking place this week (Mar 22 to 27) at St Jakobshalle in Basel.

Their world tour rank is 36th. He tested positive in Birmingham last Friday, the Singapore Badminton Association told The Straits Times. That was two days after he lost in the first round of the All-England Open to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen, who is ranked third in the world. Antonsen tied for the bronze with India’s Lakshya Sen in that event.

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Loh Kean Yew withdraws from Swiss Open after testing positive for ... (CNA)

SINGAPORE: Badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew has withdrawn from this week's Swiss Open after testing positive for COVID-19. "Been down with COVID over ...

"His symptoms have been mild and he is able to go on as normal in the UK," the spokesperson added, noting it was "essentially a waiting game" before Loh could return to Singapore. "Will be using the downtime to unwind and I hope I am able to resume training soon to prepare for the upcoming tournament marathon in the next few months," added the 24-year-old. "Been down with COVID over the past few days, which is why I had to withdraw from Swiss Open. My symptoms have been mild and I’m monitoring my conditions closely," Loh wrote on his social media accounts on Wednesday (Mar 23).

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