Lin Dan vs. Ronald Susilo
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I didn't watch the live cuz there wasn't a live on TV in China that day. Maybe we chinese ppl took for granted that Dan's going to win~~~But in my opinion,his lost is not exactly as some media commented, though some changes occured in his mind during such a tough match. From some later programmes I've seen that Dan's really nervous that day.After all that was his first attempt in Olympics.I don't think that he kept thinking that he's "SUPER DAN" all the time and as a result didn't pay much attention to whether the training or the match. That's not him. In the chinese language,LIN DAN's name means effective and efficient ways to handle a troublesome situation.So I'm still confident with him.
PS:As to some of his antics,I think they're just one man's habit in playing or in doing sth.Nothing to complain~lol~
And,Ronald Susilo's girlfriend is a beautiful and talented Chinese table-tennis player called Li Jiawei now representing Singapore. I've seen her once in a match in China.Hmm~she's great~!
PS:As to some of his antics,I think they're just one man's habit in playing or in doing sth.Nothing to complain~lol~
And,Ronald Susilo's girlfriend is a beautiful and talented Chinese table-tennis player called Li Jiawei now representing Singapore. I've seen her once in a match in China.Hmm~she's great~!
I guess he has to pay the price for being over confidence... Maybe his defeat can motivate him to perform better in the future... With Lin Dan out of the competition, everyone else has a better chance to win the gold.. Though i hate to say this but i have to admit that the badminton games is not interesting without Lin Dan...abedeng said:Hah, that explains it!! Lin Dan was working on improving his salute instead of his game. Serves him right, then!
Loh
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Small Countries Can Shine At The World Stage
Blue_XeroZ said:Brave_Turtle said:So Happy for Susilo. He's goign to make the MS more interesting now
its amazing seeing how its the first singapore person to do beat the first seet in the olympics n win a japan open i think
I can tell you it is not easy for Ronald to defeat any China player because China has all the resources and experience to produce world class players by the dozens.
Beating Bao in the Japan Open is historic for a Singapore player and in Ronald's own words he was so thrilled that he could hardly sleep for almost a week! Now beating another China shuttler at the Olympics who is No. 1 in the world is almost unthinkable, especially for such a small country like Singapore, which some politicians dismissed as just a "little red dot" in the world map.
How is this possible? Denmark has shown the badminton world how they managed to produce champions after champions despite China's imposing presence and also that of Indonesia's. It is the will, the determination, the commitment, the supporting infrastructure, ever conscious of the goal in sight and working hard towards achieving it.
Now it means that the PLAYER HIMSELF must be able to visualize all these and believe in himself and the people around him who are there to provide, assist, nurture and motivate him.
It just happens that Ronald came to Singapore at the right time when the country wants to do more for sports and considers badminton as a game which it can excel at the world stage. And Ronald is found to be suitable because of his talent. More importantly, Ronald wants to be a professional athlete and he has said that studies, one can do at an older age, not sports!
Now, I think Singapore has already started in motion the production of as many Ronalds as possible with the inauguration of the Sports Sport early this year. Of course, a sports school is nothing new in neighbouring countries and in badminton strong countries like China, Indonesia and Malaysia, so what is it so different? Well, Singapore tries to get the best out of others' positive experiences and adapt them here. As with many institutions, it is not so much the hardware like the buildings and the facilities, but more importantly the software, the people managing, coaching, supporting, etc, that counts. Therein lies the difference.
Ronald has proven that somebody from tiny Singapore can capture the Japan Open crown from the badminton giants. And IF he can capture the Olympic gold, (all pandemonium will break loose here) then there is no more excuses for small countries not to be able to shine in international arena! I'm more than convinced of this phenomenon!
Small countries still have realistic hopes of being giant-killers!
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when a reporter saw lin dan at the badminton stadium at the 17th, he asks lin dan hows he doing for these two days. lin dan says after he lost that match, he couldnt sleep that night, and he kept thinking about match, he was really disappointed. now hes feeling a little bit better and hes helping to video tape men's singles competitions. when asked about his future, dan says hes still young, hes still got a lot of tourments ahead of him and this lose will be an experience for him. he also says he will take it like a real man, he wont let this to effect his self-esteem and he'll be back. he got a lot of messages from his old pals from bayi(chinese army team) after his lost the match, they didnt mention about the match, they just talked about other things and they also invited him to drink wz them when he comes home. when the reporter asks if hes a good drinker, dan says he will always get drunk.
also, i like this li yongbo quote:
"competition is just this cruel. winning brings you joyfulness, losing brings you agony. but you choose this kind of job, you have chose to live between joyfulness and agony. pressure will always be with you, there's nothing you can do about it. every athlete has to learn to how to face it."
also, i like this li yongbo quote:
"competition is just this cruel. winning brings you joyfulness, losing brings you agony. but you choose this kind of job, you have chose to live between joyfulness and agony. pressure will always be with you, there's nothing you can do about it. every athlete has to learn to how to face it."
Loh
Regular Member
Cheung said:
Thank you Cheung. Knowing Ronald, I don't think he can be an extrovert like Lin Dan for he is too "well-mannered" and modest. Furthermore his lovely gf, Queen of Singapore Table-Tennis, Miss Li, will be extremely jealous if Ronald should strip, although Singapore has relaxed many of the strict "rules" to allow for greater "individualism" such as bar-top dancing!
But I have to support you that we need more of Lin Dan's sparkle and court antics to draw more attention to our game and attract greater media coverage. I think we must have missed Lin Dan's 'super-army-salute-drama' intended for his Olympic gold-winning match appearance. Unfortunately, it has to take Ronald to spoil his plans1
Maybe Lin Dan will think of more dramatic and colourful outings in the near future!
Susilo
This is the 1st time that i saw ronald play. Indeed, the spirit he displayed during the games was memerising. Of coz the set back came when Thailand tried to frustrate him during the game. I was so looking forward to him play again; it looked so bright that he's gonna drench our medal drought when chen hong was knocked out. Maybe thats just god's will. Any way, his gf was in the semi-final, hope that helps him perks up alittle.
Btw, do u think he's back at SG?
Loh said:Thank you Cheung. Knowing Ronald, I don't think he can be an extrovert like Lin Dan for he is too "well-mannered" and modest. Furthermore his lovely gf, Queen of Singapore Table-Tennis, Miss Li, will be extremely jealous if Ronald should strip, although Singapore has relaxed many of the strict "rules" to allow for greater "individualism" such as bar-top dancing!
But I have to support you that we need more of Lin Dan's sparkle and court antics to draw more attention to our game and attract greater media coverage. I think we must have missed Lin Dan's 'super-army-salute-drama' intended for his Olympic gold-winning match appearance. Unfortunately, it has to take Ronald to spoil his plans1
Maybe Lin Dan will think of more dramatic and colourful outings in the near future!
This is the 1st time that i saw ronald play. Indeed, the spirit he displayed during the games was memerising. Of coz the set back came when Thailand tried to frustrate him during the game. I was so looking forward to him play again; it looked so bright that he's gonna drench our medal drought when chen hong was knocked out. Maybe thats just god's will. Any way, his gf was in the semi-final, hope that helps him perks up alittle.
Btw, do u think he's back at SG?
george@chongwei
Regular Member
Is there any download links or videos of this match right now? Would love to see the match again.