He and his older brother Loh Kean Hean, another badminton player who represents Singapore internationally, came to the country as young teenagers and later became citizens.
It was unfortunate for the country, he said, that Malaysia’s top-seeded Lee Zii Jia bowed out of the men’s singles quarter-finals due to a blister on his foot in a match last Friday , when he was up against Denmark’s Anders Antonsen, who ended up taking the bronze.
Whatever happened with Loh Kean Yew is also a wake-up call to all of us, but we take it positively, we are happy that Singapore has won it and the chase is up to us, to bring our level of badminton to higher ground as soon as possible,” Mohamad Norza told members of the press.The BAM president added that Datuk Kenny Goh, the association’s Secretary-General and coaching and training committee chair, has his work cut out for him.
“Of course we have to accept that we are one of the countries that are still chasing the world champion glory, however as I have said the players are all WIP — there are weaknesses that need to be ratified by Datuk Kenny and I believe that he’s coming up with changes very soon.” But Mohamad Norza said he was satisfied with the players’ performances “overall,” adding however that “a more robust and aggressive approach to face 2022 and further empower our preparations for Paris 2024” is needed.He expounded on one current weakness, telling the press, “We are too dependent on the same players, which should be reduced by speeding up the lineup of reserve players to compete.
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