KUALA LUMPUR: Although the national third doubles pair of Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif had shown improved performance, lifting two titles in the Super Series within the last two weeks, the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) maintained its earlier decision of not listing them for the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.

BAM general manager Kenny Goh said only the top two pairs were included in the Beijing squad namely Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah and Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong as decided by the BAM Coaching and Training Committee in May.

“The committee had decided to list only the two best pairs for Beijing. At that time, Tan Fook/Wan Wah were number one and Kien Keat/Boon Heong were the second national doubles pair.

“So, their names were submitted to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) before the deadline for submission of the list for the Olympics on May 31. To date, there is no change,” he said when contacted, here yesterday.

Prior to that date, Tan Fook/Wan Wah were ranked fourth in the world, Kien Keat/Boon Heong were fifth while Mohd Fairuzizuan/Mohd Zakry were 16th.

— Bernama