Yes..but as I know, they are doing the best of what they can do now. Don't only see the dark side of them and ignore the side where their efforts are paid.
Kien Keat and Boon Heong have a tendency to spring surprises By RAJES PAUL KUALA LUMPUR: Write off men’s doubles shuttlers Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong’s chances at the London Olympic Games at your own peril. On paper, Kien Keat-Boon Heong have as good a chance as the rest of the 16 qualifiers to win a gold medal in their second Olympic outing despite failing to get past the quarter-finals in Beijing four years ago. All they need is “an extra dose of will power” during the competition, which will be held at the Wembley Arena from July 28-Aug 5. They go into the Games knowing they have beaten all their opponents – except for the two relatively new pairings of Bodin Isara-Ma**neepong Jongjit of Thailand and Poland’s Adam Cwalina-Michal Logosz. It’s all in the head: Malaysians Tan Boon Heong (left) and Koo Kien Keat have beaten all the top pairs in the world. These two pairs only began playing together more than a year ago. The Malaysians’ main rivals will be four-time world champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China, South Korea’s Lee Yong-dae-Chung Jae-sung and Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong and Denmark’s Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen. Kien Keat-Boon Heong surprised many by beating Cai Yun-Haifeng at last year’s All-England; pulled the rug from under Yong-dae-Jae-sung at the 2010 World Championships; and ended their losing streak against Sung-hyun-Yeon-seong at the Thomas Cup qualifying tournament in Macau in February. It seems that they have a tendency to rise to the occasion when least expected. National doubles chief coach Tan Kim Her is hoping that Kien Keat-Boon Heong will shed their underdogs’ tag and rebound with strong performances in London. “Koo-Tan have beaten every pair who will be in London. Of the 16 qualifiers, they have not played against only two. “At this stage, the race for the men’s doubles gold is wide open,” said Kim Her yesterday. “Yes, they have been struggling but I see positive changes in them in training. They are looking very determined.” Kim Her said that although defending champions Cai Yun-Haifeng and Boe-Mogensen have been consistent this year, it was still difficult to pick them as the favourites. “Everyone is putting extra efforts to win at the Olympic Games and it all depends on the players’ strong will and determination on match day. “With a smaller number of quality qualifiers this time, this year’s competition will be interesting from the group stage onwards,” he said. All the 16 qualifiers will be divided into four groups during the July 23 draw and Kien Keat-Boon Heong will be have one of these four seeded pairs – Cai Yun-Haifeng, Yong dae-Jae-sung, Boe-Mogensen and Sung-hyun-Yeon-seong – for company. The top two pairs will advance to the elimination round. Head-to-head Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong versus: Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (Chn) – lost 9, won 4; Lee Yong-dae-Chung Jae-sung (Kor) – lost 12, won 2; Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) – lost 4, won 7; Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) – lost 6, won 1; Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong (Chn) – lost 0, won 1; Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) – lost 2, won 3; Fang Chieh-min-Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) – lost 1, won 1; Naoki Kawamae-Shoji Sato (Jpn) – lost 0, won 3; Bodin Isara-Jongjit Maneepong (Tha) – lost 0, won 0; Ingo Kindervater-Johannes Schoettler (Ger) – lost 0, won 1; Vladimir Ivanov-Ivan Sozonov (Rus) – lost 0, won 2; Howard Bach-Tony Gunawan (Ina) – lost 0, won 2; Adam Cwalina-Michal Logosz (Pol) – lost 0, won 0; Ross Smith-Glenn Warfe (Aus) – lost 0, won 1; Dorian Lance James-Willem Viljoen (Rsa) – lost 0, won 1. from : The Star
...they are going to watch many videos... Read : http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...-in-the-right-direction?p=1931790#post1931790
Watch more videos after losing in the quarter finals IF they can go to the Quarter Finals in the 1st place.
I believe they mean video homework. I m impressed. Maybe Ah Jit knows how to analyse. I m pretty sure MAS coaches cannot. If they do a good job, it increases their chance of winning. This is the missing element in MAS preparations.
Their loss to Koreans is incomprehensible. Koo Kien Keat's smash is too weak in the Korean perspective.
All looking good at the airport before flying to UK.. hope they will be uphill in london ok? malaysia boleh?
So KKK decides to see the bird clearer with a pair of glasses??? I thought so there was something holding him back lol
..hope the smiles are genuine as there should be very little pressure for them..and don't worry, they'll be going uphill all the way from Oxford St. to Notting Hill areas..
Dayum... you're right! There are no lenses in them, he's just wearing them for the sake of fashion!? What a character...
maybe KKK is doing advertising for x brand. he is paid to do so perhaps... Nadal and Federer don't wear wrist watch during play but wear it during prize ceremony.
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F7%2F16%2Fsports%2F11669127&sec=sports Kim Her underestimates the fact that Indonesia is actually a team which is full of surprises and sometimes they do have that luck to perform well in Olympics. Even though Bona/Ahsan is not that good, they are still good enough to beat Koo/Tan. Wait for the draw first before saying crap..sigh.
Possibly, but can you see the brand from so far? KKK has great fashion sense and style. Badminton stars aren t known for that because it s a rare gift. You either have it or you don t. I remember my eldest daughter s friend. She has this gift of colour and textures sense. It s exquisite and comes naturally.This rare group of people brightens up the world, sometimes at their own expense. I like KKK, sparkling personality with uninhibited, unmistakeable presence on court. No other badminton player comes near.
Sorry to be a party pooper, but if I'm to admire a badminton player it'll be for his/her skills on court. It don't matter if he wears a hairband (which he did 2 years ago) or glasses with no optics while playing, if he's just looking good while losing.
