Indonesian Badminton Ace Jonatan Christie Playing Tokyo Olympics For Covid-Victim Brother

Indonesia's Jonatan Christie is gunning for glory at the Tokyo Olympics in memory of his brother who died of COVID-19.

An Asian champion badminton player is gunning for glory at the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics in memory of his brother who died of the disease. Indonesia's Jonatan Christie was competing at a tournament in Thailand earlier this year when he learned that his older brother, Ivan, had contracted the illness back home. The 23-year-old Christie's mother, father and brother all eventually ended up in hospital, but his sibling suffered most. "After I came back from Thailand, my mother said to me, 'he is already sick'," the 2018 Asian Games badminton champion said. "My mother and father were ill at the same time, but in a different hospital to my brother. "I was going to my father and mother's hospital, and then in the evening I was going to my brother's hospital, so I had to take time out for them." Ivan sadly died, and it was up to Christie to tell his parents the heartbreaking news.