i have a cousin who lives in doha, im thinking of going there to watch the asian games, but with the $220 visa plus $900 plane fare im having 2nd thoughts (thats equivalent of 4-5pcs of ns9000x) might as well ask him to get me a souvenir shirt of orry playing badminton
BADMINTON IN THE 15TH ASIAN GAMES-DOHA 2006 The 15th edition of the Asian Games to be held from 1st to 15th December 2006 in Doha, Qatar. Badminton will be one of the 39 sports to be contended in the Games & is scheduled from 2nd to 9th December at the Aspire Hall in Sports City. With a seating capacity of 1050 spectators, the competition hall will accommodate 3 playing courts & 1 warming-up court. The Abu Bakar Al-Sideeq Elementary School will be used for training, where 6 training courts will be laid. Team & Individual events will be competed in Doha, where the team event will follow a two-stage format. The first stage will be a round robin followed by the second stage, which is a single elimination format beginning with the semi-finals between the winners of the four groups from the round robin stage. The Individual events will run on a knock-out format. The schedule for Badminton event will be as follow: 1] Team Events for Men & Women - 2nd to 5th December 2006 2] Indvidual Events (men's & women's singles & doubles, & mixed doubles) - 6th to 9th December 2006.
China is almost assured of Women team events gold medal, WS and WD gold and silver medals. Three out of seven gold medals already in China's hand. Also looks strong in others events but is not guaranteed. Indonesia will challenge Men team events, MS, MD and XD golf medal. I think, same to Malaysia and Korea as well. Thailand could spring a surprise in XD.
Yea Msia will definitely challenge for the team events. Msia actually won this year's Continental Stages for the Thomas Cup beating Indonesia and Korea en route to the trophy.
I think Malaysia better be serious in Doha Asian Games preparation after the poor performance in WC2006. If the results counts on how many gold medals could be collected from badminton events, then, base on current forms, if I were Yap Kim Hock, I will put my bet on MD and XD. For MD pairs, Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/ Lin Woon Fui should be selected and the other bet should go for CCM/KKK. XD, KKK/WPT should go for more training against others MD pairs. If LCW manage to reach peak form in Asian Games and won a gold in MS would be a bonus. Malaysia Men Team events looks promising to get a silver medal but I don't rule out the possibility to get a gold if WCH is included and regained his form.
