Tokyo Olympics: Loh Kean Yew passes first Games test
Reporting from Tokyo
TOKYO — Singapore shuttler Loh Kean Yew opened his men's singles Olympic campaign with a 21-15, 21-12 group-stage win over Aram Mahmoud from the Refugee Olympic Team at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Monday (26 July).
He next faces seventh-seeded Indonesian Jonatan Christie on Wednesday.
Singapore's other shuttler, Yeo Jia Min, will begin her women's singles competition on Tuesday against Mexico's Haramara Gaitan, before facing 12th-seed Kim Gaeun of South Korea on Wednesday.
Quah Zheng Wen misses 200m butterfly s-final cut
Meanwhile at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Quah Zheng Wen clocked 1min 56.42sec to finish second in his men's 200m butterfly heats, behind Norway's Tomoe Hvas (1:56.30).
However, he could not make the 16-man cut for the semi-finals, as he was placed 22nd out of 38 swimmers in the field.
This is Quah's second event at the Tokyo Games. He missed out of qualifying for the men's 100m backstroke semi-finals on Sunday, after finishing 22nd overall in the heats.
He will take part in his final event, the men's 100m fly event, on Thursday.
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