There were a couple of moments when JJS (understandably) looked nervous. It's still a disappointment, but it's understandable.
He did, and it was obviously going in the whole way ... Gargh Let's just hope he gets two shiny new partners Choi Hye In :-]
In the bronze final JJS was also nervous. That was very noticable and resulted in some easy mistakes and also strange moves (at least two times in the first set he tried to hit the shuttle behind his back with his forehand!). I think it was the pressure the get THE one and only medal before his career finish. I think if he already would have a medal before (from Beijing e.g.) he would have played a lot more relaxed and better as well. No blaming for all these players, but just my thoughts: That they didn't reached the MD Finals was almost that dissapointing as LCW lost the MS Final It could have been THE olympic MD Finals. But no... It just were a average Final between Denmark and China. The latter were just a lot better. To sum up: The most skilled MD pairs couldn't have met each other in the Finals.
Yup. Maybe THE best olympic MD final and also THE last match these two amazing MD pairs. Just a crazy thought: Cai Yun could retire to let FHF team up with LYD Country mixed pairs are allowed, isn't it? ^^
For those interested... a final tribute I made for Chung and Lee [video=youtube;xHlSUXS2Zc0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlSUXS2Zc0[/video]
That's good. I always saw good potential in Shin Baek Choel Even before his success in Asian Games by winning the Gold But no one really decided to push him to be up Lee and Chung's level until now. He had the speed, steadiness, defence and fast exchanges. It's always his partners that gets in his way. I've seen alot of his matches and really it appears that way. He's like a team carrier But at least now he gets the spotlight he deserves... he might not have the same explosiveness as Chung but he'll be faster and have better precision... and being closer to Lee YD in age would probably make them a little more comfortable together But it will take a while before the two settle with each other. Afterall it is hard to find someone to replace Chung JS' presence. Eom Hye Won... have to see how she will go though
News state that his new partner will be Ko sung hyun, how come his partner is SBC in japan open? huh? Are they still experimenting who will be the suitable partner for LYD?
I reckon Kim Joong Soo should've kept Lee and Shin together: Ko and Yoo are already a well established pair. Though they've been inconsistent in recent times, they've already developed the friendship and understanding as a pair. So to separate them after over 4 years worth of preparation? I think for Lee Yong Dae, he deserves a player like Shin. He may not have the heavy smashing strength but he's able to read the game and play more strategically than Ko... Lee already has a decent smash and Shin's smash is quite lethal too. Can't really say Ko's smash will make that much of a difference
I think Ko would be a better partner for Lee than Shin. While Shin is without doubt a great doubles player, he's probably not the right kind of partner for Lee as he is not very strong physically and not the smashing type. Playing for the #1 ranking spot you just need one guy who can play from the back for long periods of time and smash over 270 consistently to set up the net player. Shin has a very good smash, but imop he can't keep the intensity on a similar level as JJS...while Ko can. He has a different style than JJS but the same physical levels and an awesome smash, I believe if he and LYD are partnered up regularly they can go very far (if Ko can stay concentrated and not smash crosscourt all the time )
Just to let u all know The MV for our fav player is re-uploaded to my other channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3pfoyc3D0">[video=youtube;g_3pfoyc3D0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3pfoyc3D0[/video]
