However, due to the new Olympic qualification requirement set by the BWF whereby each country can send two representatives for each event only if they are both in the top 8 of the world rankings in their discipline and if they are not then only the highest ranked representative will contest, Koo and Tan narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympics.
Despite adhering to the new Olympic qualification guidelines set by the BWF that restrict each country to sending two representatives per event based on world rankings, with both needing to be in the top eight or one being the highest-ranked if not, Koo and Tan narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympics.