Momota ruled out for two months after fatal crash
World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan, who suffered a broken nose in a traffic accident in Malaysia on Monday, will not play in any competitions until March, the Japanese Badminton Association said yesterday.
Momota, who also suffered injuries to his lip and face, will fly back to Japan today, said Zeniya Kinji, secretary general of the association. Zeniya told the Japanese news agency Kyodo that Momota will be forced out of the Asian team championships in February but will be ready to defend his singles title at the All England Open Championships to start in Birmingham on March 11. The van carrying Momota early on Monday to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport collided with a 30-ton lorry from behind, killing the Malaysian driver of the van. The other passengers in the van were UK badminton court official William Thomas, Japanese assistant coach Yu Hirayama and physiologist Arkifuki Morimoto. They all sustained injuries to their faces and hands, among others, the Malaysian police said in a statement. Malaysia鈥檚 Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail visited Putrajaya Hospital and said Momota was stable. 鈥淭he doctors already said that the injuries they sustained can be healed and there was nothing serious,鈥 she told media outside the hospital in Putrajaya, outside the Malaysian capital. Momota, who missed the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to a suspension for illegal gambling, won 11 international singles titles last year and is hoping to become Japan鈥檚 first Olympic badminton gold medalist in the men鈥檚 singles at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
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