BAM yesterday confirmed the eight players who will compete in next month's Tokyo Olympics and the two players from the national Paralympics team who have qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics in August.
Based on the announcement by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the players that will be competing in five events at the Olympics are Lee Zii Jia (men's singles), Soniia Cheah (women's singles), Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (men's doubles), Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean (women's doubles) and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (mixed doubles).
The national Paralympics squad will be represented by Cheah Liek Hou (men's singles standing upper 5) and Didin Taresoh (men's singles short stature 6).
"On behalf of BAM, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to all 10 shuttlers for securing their spots to the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Tokyo Paralympics respectively.
"This is without any shadow of a doubt, the result of hard work, commitment, passion, and every one of us Malaysians can be proud of their achievements thus far.
"I wish all the best and every success to our Malaysian contingent. I hope that they will give their all on court with the ultimate objective of watching our pride and joy, the Jalur Gemilang being raised in victory both at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics," said BAM president, Tan Sri Norza Zakaria.
The Olympic-bound players are in their final phase of quarantine based-training programme at the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) in Bukit Kiara, while the Paralympics team are based at the National Sports Council (NSC) in Bukit Jalil.
BAM also extended their gratitude and appreciation to the Sports Ministry, NSC, National Sports Institute (NSI) as well as the sponsors for their support towards the national team.