anyone (<B>ctjad, indra</B>) can help me translate the news below : Sekuat Tenaga untuk Thomas Dari sepuluh nama anggota tim Piala Thomas, ada dua nama yang lima kali tampil di ajang ini. Candra Wijaya dan Taufik Hidayat. Keduanya tanpa putus berjuang sejak tahun 1998. Bila keduanya siap merebut Piala Thomas, bagaimana dengan kesiapan tuan rumah? Keinginan membawa pulang Piala Thomas, yang hilang sejak 2004, begitu besar dalam hati Taufik dkk. Meski masih dalam taraf pemulihan cedera pinggang, Taufik telah menyatakan komitmennya. Bahkan seusai menerima penghargaan Indonesian Sport Awards sebagai atlet putra terbaik, Jumat (14/4), ia memohon doa dan dukungan dari masyarakat Indonesia. Sama seperti Taufik, Candra sudah tiga kali mencicipi kejayaan di tahun 1998, 2000, dan 2002. Perjuangannya tahun ini menjadi penting karena ayah dua anak ini sudah memutuskan akan mundur sebagai pemain nasional seusai Piala Thomas. “Memang sudah waktunya. Kalah atau menang memang biasa dalam pertandingan. Tapi, saya dan teman-teman akan sekuat tenaga berjuang mengembalikan Piala Thomas,” ujarnya saat menyatakan rencananya untuk mundur. Keyakinan Candra harusnya bukan impian kosong apalagi pasangannya, Sigit Budiarto, yang tak terpilih masuk tim 2004, kembali terpilih. Sigit menyisihkan Flandy Limpele, yang kebetulan juga terkena cedera hamstring. Keinginan untuk menebus kesalahan dua tahun lalu pun membuat Alvent Yulianto sempat berujar, “Enggak apa-apa tidak menang di Kejuaraan Asia, yang penting buat saya Piala Thomas pulang.” Dari nama tim peserta yang dirilis IBF hari Sabtu (15/4), nyaris tidak ada kejutan, kecuali keberanian Malaysia memasukkan nama Tan Boon Heong, ganda peringkat 38 dunia, dalam tim. Heong menyisihkan pasangannya, Thien Hoon How, Moh Tazari Fairuzizuan/Lin Woon Fui (peringkat 10), Gan Teik Chai/Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry (11), dan Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock (29). <b>Angin dan Kesilauan</b> Kuatnya embusan angin dan pencahayaan di dalam stadion, khususnya di Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, menjadi dua masalah yang dikhawatirkan pihak tuan rumah. Empat baris lampu yang memenuhi atas stadion yang juga jadi tuan rumah putaran final Piala Thomas dan Uber 1990 itu dianggap bisa menuai protes dari tim tamu. Namun, Park Joo-bong, mantan ganda dunia asal Korea yang menjadi kepala pelatih Jepang, menampik kedua problem itu. “Masalah ini dapat diabaikan bila kita membandingkan situasi ini dengan negara lain. Saat Kejuaraan Dunia di Anaheim, AS, anginnya lebih terasa mengganggu.” Hal senada juga diungkapkan pemain Jepang, Shoji Sato dan Keita Masuda, “Ini bukan masalah karena tidak lebih jelek daripada Anaheim.” “Untuk tim yang biasa main di luar Jepang, perputaran angin seperti itu adalah hal yang biasa,” tambah Kanako Yonekura, anggota tim Uber. Sebenarnya Yoyogi No. 2 National Gymnasium adalah pusat bulutangkis Jepang, tapi kapasitasnya hanya 3.300 penonton. IBF mensyaratkan tempat pertandingan harus bisa memuat 10 ribu penonton. Theresia Lahur Nama Peserta Piala Thomas Indonesia: Taufik Hidayat, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Simon Santoso, Markus Wijanu, Candra Wijaya, Sigit Budiarto, Luluk Hadiyanto, Alvent Yulianto, Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan Cina: Lin Dan, Chen Hong, Bao Chunlai, Chen Jin, Xia Xuanze, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, Xie Zhongbo, Guo Zhendong, Zheng Bo Denmark: Peter Gade, Kenneth Jonassen, Niels Christian Kaldau, Joachim Persson, Jens Erikssen, Martin Lundgaard Hansen, Jonas Rasmussen, Lars Paaske, Mathias Boe, Carsten Mogensten AS: Raju Rai, Eric Go, Ronald Sou, Bob Khan Malaythong, Tony Gunawan, Howard Shu, Howard Bach Inggris: Andrew Smith, Aamir Ghaffar, Nicholas Kidd, Rajiv Ouseph, Anthony Clark, Robert Blair, David Lindley, Ian Palethorpe, Kristian Roebuck, Chris Langridge Jepang: Shoji Sato, Yousuke Nakanishi, Sho Sasaki, Keishi Kawaguchi, Koichi Saeki, Keita Masuda, Tadashi Ohtsuka, Shuichi Sakamoto, Shintaro Ikeda, Shuichi Nakao Korea: Lee Hyun-il, Shon Seung-mo, Park Sung-hwan, Jang Young-soo, Jung Jae-sung, Lee Jae-jin, Hwang Ji-man, Han Sang-hoon, Lee Yong-dae, Jung Tae-kuk Malaysia: Lee Chong Wei, Wong Choong Hann, Hafiz Hashim, Kuan Ben Hong, Chan Chong Ming, Koo Kien Keat, Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah, Chew Choong Eng, Tan Boon Heong Catatan: Tim Jerman, India, Selandia Baru, dan Afrika Selatan belum memasukkan nama tim lengkapnya.
Here is the ENglish translation For Thomas Cup Of the 10 players of Indonesian TC squad, Chandra W and Taufik Hidayat are the players who have played 5 times consecutively since 1998. While both players are ready to bring back the TC, what about the host team ? Taufik and his team mates have a strong ambition to bring the TC, lost in 2004, home. Despite being in the process of recovery from his waist injury, Taufik has expressed his strong committment to play for the Indonesian team in the TC. Upon receiving an Indonesian Sport Award as the best Indonesian athlete, Friday (14/4), Taufik sought support and pray from Indonesian communities. Like Taufik, Chandra also felt the glory of winning the TC in 1998, 2000, and 2002. This year TC will be very important for him as the father of 2 children has decided to resign as a national badminton player after the TC . “The time has arrived. Winning or losing is common. My friends and I will do our best to bring back the TC," he said after expressing his plan to resign. His confidence must be treated seriously as his pair, Sigit Budiarto, not selected in the 2004 TC team, has been selected by PBSI to pair with him. Sigit defeated Flandy Limpele, who has sustained hamstring injury . Alvent Yulianto has also a personal ambition to pay back his failure 2 years ago and said " It's alright we did not win in the Asian Championship, what is most important to me is to bring back the TC .” Looking at the list of players in action released by IBF on Saturday (15/4), there is almost no surprise, except Malaysia's brave decision to include Tan Boon Heong, the world's 38th ranked pairs, in the team, who set aside Thien Hoon How, Moh Tazari Fairuzizuan/Lin Woon Fui (rank 10), Gan Teik Chai/Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry (11), and Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock (29). <b>Wind and Dazzling Lighting</b> The strong windblow and dazzling lighting in the stadium, particularly in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, have become two major concerns for the host country. The condition of the stadium, also hosting the final round of the TC and UB in 1990, has the potential to invite protests from other participating countries. However, Park Joo-bong, Chief Coach of Japan, did not see them as problems. “It is no problem at all. If we compare it with the condition of the stadium where the last World Championship was held in Anaheim, USA, which was more disturbing. ” The same opinion was expressed by Japanese players, Shoji Sato and Keita Masuda, “It is no problem at all as it is not worse than Anaheim.” “The wind rotation like this is a normal thing ,” added Kanako Yonekura, member of the Japanese UC team . ACtually Yoyogi No. 2 National Gymnasium is the center of Badminton in Japan, but it only has a capacity of 3.300 seats. IBF requires a stadium to have a capacity of 10.000 seats. Theresia Lahur List of players (Thomas) Indonesia: Taufik Hidayat, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Simon Santoso, Markus Wijanu, Candra Wijaya, Sigit Budiarto, Luluk Hadiyanto, Alvent Yulianto, Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan China: Lin Dan, Chen Hong, Bao Chunlai, Chen Jin, Xia Xuanze, Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng, Xie Zhongbo, Guo Zhendong, Zheng Bo Denmark: Peter Gade, Kenneth Jonassen, Niels Christian Kaldau, Joachim Persson, Jens Erikssen, Martin Lundgaard Hansen, Jonas Rasmussen, Lars Paaske, Mathias Boe, Carsten Mogensten USA: Raju Rai, Eric Go, Ronald Sou, Bob Khan Malaythong, Tony Gunawan, Howard Shu, Howard Bach ENgland: Andrew Smith, Aamir Ghaffar, Nicholas Kidd, Rajiv Ouseph, Anthony Clark, Robert Blair, David Lindley, Ian Palethorpe, Kristian Roebuck, Chris Langridge Japan: Shoji Sato, Yousuke Nakanishi, Sho Sasaki, Keishi Kawaguchi, Koichi Saeki, Keita Masuda, Tadashi Ohtsuka, Shuichi Sakamoto, Shintaro Ikeda, Shuichi Nakao Korea: Lee Hyun-il, Shon Seung-mo, Park Sung-hwan, Jang Young-soo, Jung Jae-sung, Lee Jae-jin, Hwang Ji-man, Han Sang-hoon, Lee Yong-dae, Jung Tae-kuk Malaysia: Lee Chong Wei, Wong Choong Hann, Hafiz Hashim, Kuan Ben Hong, Chan Chong Ming, Koo Kien Keat, Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah, Chew Choong Eng, Tan Boon Heong Note: Germany, India, New Zealand and South Africa have not submitted their lists of players .
Well....maybe Park Jo Bong does not care either because he knows the chances Japan advances to final is slim....so bad lighting, wind blowing....might be good to turn the results around : )
