BWF Statement on Kidambi Srikanth
Badminton World Federation (BWF) can provide an explanation on the incident involving India player Kidambi Srikanth at the YONEX Thailand Open, part of the Asian Leg of the HSBC BWF World Tour.
· BWF STAFF
On Tuesday, the player indicated he suffered a nose bleed following a mandatory PCR test. A doctor from COVID-19 testing team located at the hotel attended to Kidambi shortly after.
Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) issued this statement:
The athlete had been swabbed three times earlier with the most recent one possibly causing irritation and fragility of the capillaries.