@George: Who is the girl in front, 3rd from the left? To sad there is no Reiko Shiota in Japan team ^_^ LD dance shirtless: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84992 (not in the TC FINAL, watch the thread title)
Wa, nice pics. The Japanese players and coaches look so happy ! I suppose it is Mission Accomplished! ( as opposed to MAS 's Mission Impossible! haha.) Was it the first TC semi final appearance for the men's team? Anyone knows who is the guy on the front row 1st from R ? Is he a coach? Other than PJB I see that they aslo have an Indonesian coach, but he is rather low profile, I guess.
I like the japan team's picture! It is so difficult to find a japan team's picture at any website If anyone has more, can share? hehe... Some of them like Satoko Suetsuna and Eriko Hirose are very pretty when I see them in real person and Miyuki Maeda is such a cute girl. LOL... And I like Shoji and Hirata a lot! Haha...
He's Reony (3rd from left, back row, behind Sho Sasaki) from Mainaky family, brother of Richard, Rexy, and Marleve.
I think it is LD, LCW and TH are players that have/have developed great sportsmanship... I think LCW was being too hard on himself mentally when facing LD ...or i could be wrong about it being LD :\
he is Xie Xin, I spotted him on the final day, he were talking to LCW. He was an ex-national team player, but now he has quit and joined the Li Ning company.
1-3. Some pics of LYB's moment of glory. The receiving of the Thomas Cup from the King. 4. The victory would not have been possible without this ardent supporter. A huge asset to the Chinese Team, and to BC too.
Nope, not my job to carry heavy weights other than Russian binoculars. I am a "professional commentator", not part of a camera crew.
