Some pics of the Finals

Chen Hong and Lin DAn..

Awarding.. Chen hong and Lindan

nice pics....add more please:D .....

In the last pic, hmmm it's a great pic I think...where LIN DAN and CHEN HONG stand together after awarding....hmm Lin Dan looks so nice.....cute boy and sports boy.....

More pics!! I love Cai/Fu!! :D

thx for the sharing pic..anyone have cai/fu??? I very like them..

here are some more

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nathan and gail must feeling great winning it on home soil :)

excuse my ignorance, why is their flag is white and red?

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when she beat mia A. in 2, XXF deserve the AE WS title.
LYB prolly very happy now that he has 1 less worry about 2008 olympic

Fu look kinda like the chinese version of mel gibson :D

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nathan and gail must feeling great winning it on home soil :)

excuse my ignorance, why is their flag is white and red?


Because they are starting for England (not Great Britain) and the English flag is white with a red cross in :-D

Because they are starting for England (not Great Britain) and the English flag is white with a red cross in :-D

LOL, I thot that would be the red cross flag :D

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nathan and gail must feeling great winning it on home soil :)

excuse my ignorance, why is their flag is white and red?
that's the traditional English flag, the St. George's Cross flag.... red cross in the middle with white background....

AWESOME PICS! it's so good to see the chinese MD pair back in action. ..they'd better stay, though.

and i repeat myself, i love that red shirt chen hong's wearing.

... .. shucks! which part of cai yun looks like mel gibson? :p :p*giggles*

china had finally achieved their goal, a major title in MD. However, just when china had work so hard to create a dominating MD pair, they lost their strangle hold in XD. Can't win them all :D :p

that's the traditional English flag, the St. George's Cross flag.... red cross in the middle with white background....

like this one?.............

St George's Flag it is.

Zhang Ning seemed to be feeling the effect of age now, playing against the younger, up and coming world champion and let's not deny it, babelicious, Xie Xingfang. :)

I say, she looks good in those tight fitting Yonex one-pieces.

ooo by the way, did anyone notice the ring on chen hong's fourth finger? :D is there something i missed? :D

Yeah, you missed something all right. Him and Gao Ling.
Someone diggy' out the thread, heya?

ooo by the way, did anyone notice the ring on chen hong's fourth finger? :D is there something i missed? :D

good eyes :) but girls tend to notice those things better than us guys ;)

the ring help balancing the racket weight on his other hand ;)

the ring help balancing the racket weight on his other hand ;)ROF! :D i didn't observe whether he had it on his left or right though.

aah, can't wait to see them in matrimonial bliss :D

Fu look kinda like the chinese version of mel gibson :D
i think Fu has that takeshi/aaron kwok face!

ooo by the way, did anyone notice the ring on chen hong's fourth finger? :D is there something i missed? :D
I remembered somewhere that they said they were going to get married sometime this year.

i think Fu has that takeshi/aaron kwok face!funny i can't find any resemblance:confused:

the other pics of fu hai feng were too small, and this doesnt really show, but i thought they really resembled quite like each other.

the other pics of fu hai feng were too small, and this doesnt really show, but i thought they really resembled quite like each other.:eek: you just got me 'converted'!!

the other pics of fu hai feng were too small, and this doesnt really show, but i thought they really resembled quite like each other.
haha they do look similar because they are all Nong Mei Da Yan as we say it in Chinese :D ;) :p

Sorry if you don't read --- "Dark Browed, and Big Eyes"

Go Cai/Fu!!! Go Go Go!

:eek: you just got me 'converted'!!


u get persuaded easily :D

haha they do look similar because they are all Nong Mei Da Yan as we say it in Chinese :D ;) :p

Sorry if you don't read --- "Dark Browed, and Big Eyes"

Go Cai/Fu!!! Go Go Go!

welcome back, i thot you're went away gone because of our smoke posts ;)

welcome back, i thot you're went away gone because of our smoke posts ;)

haha thanks, i am not that un-cool my man, have been away on biz trip for a while :D

Well! XXF is more than good look in tight fitting suit...... ;) Like to see more asian WS player following same trend competing with the tennis stars.:D

St George's Flag it is.


Zhang Ning seemed to be feeling the effect of age now, playing against the younger, up and coming world champion and let's not deny it, babelicious, Xie Xingfang. :)

I say, she looks good in those tight fitting Yonex one-pieces.

Congrats to the Chinese MD, finally after 10 long yrs. of draught..
However, I wouldn't call them a "dominating MD pair" yet..
Sure they've won the last 2 Grand Prix tourney, but let's see if they can be consistent from here on out..They've beaten top MD pairs already(JR/LP, EngHian/Flandy, JE/MH) and up and comers(Luluk/Alven) and ex-elite player(Tony G./partner in 3 sets), but IMO, the pair that still demand respect is Candra/Sigit..Sure they're much older and haven't been competing much lately, but IMO, I would love to see Cai/Fu play against Candra/Sigit and see how they fare(I might be wrong, but I don't think they've played against each other yet)..I don't want to repeat this, but too bad Candra/Sigit had to play against Alven/Luluk earlier in the AE, I think the seniors let the new pairs win(in straight sets i may add)..
Hope Cai/Fu and Candra/Sigit are able to play against each other in the Japan Open next month(if all participate of course)..

china had finally achieved their goal, a major title in MD. However, just when china had work so hard to create a dominating MD pair, they lost their strangle hold in XD. Can't win them all :D :p

yepp candra/sigit are one of my favourite pairs.

Congrats to the Chinese MD, finally after 10 long yrs. of draught..
However, I wouldn't call them a "dominating MD pair" yet..
Sure they've won the last 2 Grand Prix tourney, but let's see if they can be consistent from here on out..They've beaten top MD pairs already(JR/LP, EngHian/Flandy, JE/MH) and up and comers(Luluk/Alven) and ex-elite player(Tony G./partner in 3 sets), but IMO, the pair that still demand respect is Candra/Sigit..Sure they're much older and haven't been competing much lately, but IMO, I would love to see Cai/Fu play against Candra/Sigit and see how they fare(I might be wrong, but I don't think they've played against each other yet)..I don't want to repeat this, but too bad Candra/Sigit had to play against Alven/Luluk earlier in the AE, I think the seniors let the new pairs win(in straight sets i may add)..
Hope Cai/Fu and Candra/Sigit are able to play against each other in the Japan Open next month(if all participate of course)..

yeah, dominating is a wrong choice of words right now. I should had said prominence MD pair;)

Great pics thanks!!! The All England was awesome!!!

PS by the way, any chance of Cai Yun pics??? :D

I would love to see Cai/Fu play against Candra/Sigit and see how they fare(I might be wrong, but I don't think they've played against each other yet). they played each other in WC03 in the semi finals, cai fu took the first set, but nerves? and ran out of steam for the next two sets:(

Great pics thanks!!! The All England was awesome!!!

PS by the way, any chance of Cai Yun pics??? :D
You can check out Cai Yun pics here:
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?alb=97148

My collection!! though the bulk of it belongs to Bao!! :p

Omg, I can't help but to post the first pic!! Look! Cai/Fu are so cutteee!! :D


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i cant see the first 3 photos! could you upload them again??:o

You can check out Cai Yun pics here:
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?alb=97148

My collection!! though the bulk of it belongs to Bao!! :p
I can't see them - says "log in required"!!

well i guess you'll have to sign up?

got any pics on paaske and jr?

I can't see them - says "log in required"!!
Yupz, u need to sign up an account, but it's free of charge, so shouldn't be a prob!! :p

i cant see the first 3 photos! could you upload them again??:o

Can it be seen now?? Cos I can see them very clearly!! :D

any more pics from LIN DAN...I am curiuos about his action during the final....hmmm wanna see him clearly...:p

Here goes: :D

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Congrats to the Chinese MD, finally after 10 long yrs. of draught..
However, I wouldn't call them a "dominating MD pair" yet..
Sure they've won the last 2 Grand Prix tourney, but let's see if they can be consistent from here on out..They've beaten top MD pairs already(JR/LP, EngHian/Flandy, JE/MH) and up and comers(Luluk/Alven) and ex-elite player(Tony G./partner in 3 sets), but IMO, the pair that still demand respect is Candra/Sigit..Sure they're much older and haven't been competing much lately, but IMO, I would love to see Cai/Fu play against Candra/Sigit and see how they fare(I might be wrong, but I don't think they've played against each other yet)..I don't want to repeat this, but too bad Candra/Sigit had to play against Alven/Luluk earlier in the AE, I think the seniors let the new pairs win(in straight sets i may add)..
Hope Cai/Fu and Candra/Sigit are able to play against each other in the Japan Open next month(if all participate of course)..
Cai/Fu at their earlier career had met Chandra/Sigit 2 years ago at World Championship SF. They lost in 3 fought battles set.

This time if they met I believe they would had a 60 : 40 chances to win. First cause they were more experience than 2 years ago. And the confidence in them after winning a big title in All England will help them morally.

How fast Cai and Fu rise. After only two years, they rank 3 in the worlds, almost beat all the best men doubles in the world and had an All England title. :)

Hope they can mantain their good performance for years to come. That is the hard part.

Thank you Labyrinthian !!! Nice pics....:) ...like it very much lol.....

I am curious, do you have more LIN DAN pics?:D ....I wanna collect the photos of LIN DAN...he is my best favourite player nowadays....

Any of you know how to get the recording of the AE semifinal and final match with LIN DAN's match included:D :p ???

IMO, when they're in-form and healthy, I still think Candra/Sigit is still the #1 MD pair for Indonesia. Right behind them slightly is Eng Hian/Flandy and Luluk/Alven. The reason why I think so, is because Luluk/Alven is not consistent yet in international tourney. Sure they're younger then the other pairs, but they aren't consistent. The game between Eng Hian/Flandy against Fu/Cai at the QF of AE went 3 sets. The 1st set went pretty smooth for the Indos. But the Chinese took the 2nd set in a very close score, after leading by a big margin and letting the Indos back to tie the score at 14 before setting(I believe it was 17-14). The third set, the Chinese won it quite easily as I though the Indos were pretty much ran out of gas. I believe the next time they meet, it could be a different story.
IMO, experience will still prevail over youth and that's why I would rank Candra/Sigit ahead of Flandy/Eng Hian. Again, when in-form and healthy, IMO Candra/Sigit is still the best pair Indo has to offer and still deserve lots of respect. And I would love for either one of them to have a shot at Cai/Fu again, hopefully next month at the Japan Open.

Hmm, btw hcpoirot, I notice you're located in Indonesia, so I assume you're an Indonesian??..

Cai/Fu at their earlier career had met Chandra/Sigit 2 years ago at World Championship SF. They lost in 3 fought battles set.

This time if they met I believe they would had a 60 : 40 chances to win. First cause they were more experience than 2 years ago. And the confidence in them after winning a big title in All England will help them morally.

thanks for the pics!

labyrithian, i still cant see them except for a few. are they posted on some website or something? then perhaps you could give me the url and i go there and look at it myself?

thanks labyrinthian for posting this one. queer that i didn't see it and many others when i went to gettyimages website.

that's such a sweet pic.

labyrithian, i still cant see them except for a few. are they posted on some website or something? then perhaps you could give me the url and i go there and look at it myself?
No prob, u can visit the webbie here: :p

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Thank you Labyrinthian !!! Nice pics....:) ...like it very much lol.....

I am curious, do you have more LIN DAN pics?:D ....I wanna collect the photos of LIN DAN...he is my best favourite player nowadays....

Any of you know how to get the recording of the AE semifinal and final match with LIN DAN's match included:D :p ???
You r welcome! :D hmm, my Lin Dan pics collection is quite limited actually... All those that I have are uploaded in the Photodex album, the link which I provided earlier. U may wan to take a look!! :p

labryinthian, from the website you gave, when i click on the picture there is this big getty images/afp logo blocking the player's face. is there a way of viewing the pictures without these signs on them?

our lovely AE LS champion....

She did look good in that skirt, much better than Zhao ting ting and wei yili, if I can say it tactfully, their figures did not suit them!


Feel sorry for ZN though, she wanted it so much, but just wasn't in shape. I hope she focuses her training on next years AE, not WC, and wins it, then retires on top. :D

aah, can't wait to see them in matrimonial bliss :D

i just read a little something on the couple's wedding plans in worldbadminton.net.

here's the link:
http://www.worldbadminton.net/Portal/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=10&ItemID=1732

the info's at the end of the article.

and here're just a handful more pics.:)

er i thought last year 2004 was supposed to be the year of the monkey? and they ARE already engaged, not going to.

CHEN Hong is great! His shots are excellent, even better than those of Lin Dan. Lin Dan does have better defense (retrieving ability) due to the fact that he is faster than CHEN Hong but in offense I think CHEN Hong is still a little ahead. What was holding CHEN Hong down was that he was not as mentally strong as some of the other players like SHON Seung-Mo, Taufik HIDAYAT, etc... However, in this tournament he really proved that he has grown stronger mentally. Hopefully this wasn't just a one time thing and that he will continue to grow.

I'm very glad to see him beating LIN Dan for he is too arrogant from his overconfidence. Now LIN Dan has been beaten by three players: Ronald SUSILO, Taufik HIDAYAT, and CHEN Hong. If we count the World Junior Tournament too than BAO Chunlai has also achieved that feat. Hopefully LIN Dan's attitude will change for he has the most potential than all the other players.

absolutly a great picture!! to bad it has a sponsor logo on the pics.


Omg, I can't help but to post the first pic!! Look! Cai/Fu are so cutteee!! :D


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More pics of the finals

More and more picss

going back to china

who's the last guy in the picture?

who's the last guy in the picture?


Should be Fu Haifeng, just when he is relaxed, and eyes not bulging!

thought so too, but he doesnt really look like it. haha.:rolleyes:

the marriage ring with gao lin, the mix double player in china