Singapore — “I felt compelled to do something to thank him for what he has achieved for himself and Singapore, and further encourage him towards his badminton hope and dreams,” wrote a member of the public who started a campaign to pool in funds to support shuttler, Loh Kean Yew.
One Wei Chan, an avid badminton player since he was 10 years old, created the Loh Kean Yew Encouragement Fund after discovering that the first Singaporean to win the Badminton World Federation World Championships did not receive any prize money for his accomplishment. On Dec 19, Loh, who was then ranked No 22 in the world, made Singapore history by upsetting India’s world No 14 Srikanth Kidambi in the men’s singles final at the BWF World Championships in Spain.
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