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Japanese badminton player Kento Momota in action at the Malaysia Masters 2020.
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BOLASPORT.COM – Indonesian men’s singles badminton, Kento Momota, apologize after failing to qualify from the group stage Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Kento Momota quickly eliminated from Tokyo 2020 Olympics after swallowing a loss in Group A’s match against South Korea’s representative, Heo Kwang-hee.
The world number one player lost two straight games, 15-21, 19-21, from Heo at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Wednesday (28/7/2021).
With these results, Momota was only able to finish the group stage in second place alias as runner-up.
This is not enough to take him to the next round because according to regulations, only the group winners are entitled to qualify.
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After the match, Momota was faced with questions about the impact of a traffic accident in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2020.
Momota denied that his defeat was the result of his unfortunate incident a year ago.
“I don’t think the accident affected me,” said Momota, quoted by BolaSport.com from BWF Badminton.
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