It's weird because in some sports it is common ground to tailor your home ground/course to suit your team/country and is done openly.
normally the (controllable) conditions are static, not dynamically changing, though
It's weird because in some sports it is common ground to tailor your home ground/course to suit your team/country and is done openly.
This is too funny. LD needing to cheat to beat LCW? Please go look at their heads up records. And how does the aircon being off result in you losing respect for LD? Did you smashed by a bird too hard in the head?What you're suggesting RedShuttle is simply not true. In fact I believe it is a deliberate lie. You can ask all the foreign players of the first four finals about the playing condition. All of them will confirm there was a drift.The aircondition was turned off either before the MS started or after LCW had won the first game. Now why would anyone turn it off? It was so hot and humid in the hall. Well I'll tell you. Because Lin Dan needed to cheat to beat LCW.Had the aircon not been turned off Lin Dan would have lost.That little respect I had left for LYB is gone. Totally gone. The guy is a fraud and a cheater and my respect for LD is also gone. That Gold medal belong to the Datuk!
Whether you want to believe it or not, the careers of both these players and their primes are coming to an end soon. They are going into their 30s. In addition turning off the AC affects BOTH players. Don't make it sound like LCW was some poor piece of bacon getting cooked alive while LD is a camel or something. It's also not like LD has some sort of magic wind drift detector. It is ultimately up to the players themselves to be able to judge and adjust their game.The big question is 'Why was the aircon turned off?' As a doctor, wouldn't you think that would endanger the lives of some people who may not be able to take the heat made worse by a full stadium crowd?
And of course, it affects both players. But in different ways. LD must have known the air con was off, otherwise why would he keep on clearing to the drift prone corner? And LCW would not have known, otherwise why would he keep on leaving those shots,expecting them to go wide? LCW had already played five matches in that court so he would be very well aware of the drift. LCW lost some 10 points in a row just erring, based on his expectation of the drift effect. Would he expect LYB to use Plan B (off the aircon) because LD lost G1? Of course not, this is the WC! ( But many years back, CBA used the same aircon ploy in one tournament,when LM was his coach and LM knew about LYB tricks.)
But this is LYB. He gotta help his player to win to save his own face, first with scheduling, and if that s not enough, then plan B, turning off the aircon.
LCW should not ever play in China again. First he injured himself in TC12 in China. Then now again in China. Both could prematurely end his badminton career. He shouldn't risk a third.
Definitely. I'm assuming we have a few too many malaysian fans that probably got cooked in the head from the heat.I find it disrespectful to both players for using the AC as an excuse. It sounds like LCW was being cooked while LD was a camel. I don't think LCW would be happy to hear people saying his loss was due to an AC consipiracy. It sounds almost insulting.
I find it disrespectful to both players for using the AC as an excuse. It sounds like LCW was being cooked while LD was a camel. I don't think LCW would be happy to hear people saying his loss was due to an AC consipiracy. It sounds almost insulting.
Because it's a pretty silly excuse and an insult to both players to say it's the reason why LD wonSo why would it be off, and why everyone REFUSES to take responsibility or justify why it was turned off? I don't quite understand and it makes it fishy to me
Teu Siew Bok says was turned off during 2nd set.
Commentators Gill Clark also said affected drift and witnessed LCW receiving the bad end of it during 2nd set.
It seemed really hot. Not just for CW, but for spectators as well with their hand fans.
CW was drenched with sweat and in the end, he wiped the sweat off his arm and was surprised with the amount of perspiration from his body.
But Lin Dan was as chill as a cucumber.
I can't help but wonder if the Chinese pulled a scheme before the tournament and trained LD to cope with air conditioned and non-air conditioned environments... questionable and possible.
This is a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP final. Air conditioners have always been kept on for SS and even most of GP grade tournaments. So why would it be off, and why everyone REFUSES to take responsibility or justify why it was turned off? I don't quite understand and it makes it fishy to me
How much hotter can GuanZhou be in comparison to Malaysia? Have you ever been there? Its freakin hot as all year round, regardless whether you say LCW can't handle the heat or he was too dumb to rehydrate himself in a hot and humid environment. How much insult can you throw at LCW?
Long story short, this could be summed up into four words: China the pathetic cheaters! I'm not a malaysian, yet i, as well as many badminton aficionados, have been fed up with China's cunning way to win by eroding the values of sportmanship. Shame on you China & LYB!
Exactly!
About the heat, any member knows whether the training stadiums for the Chinese and Malaysian national teams have air-con?
As I understand, most of the training stadiums in Malaysia (at least those for normal citizens) don't have air-con. If it is the same for the Malaysian team, while the one for the Chinese team has air-con, then it seems to me it was actually an advantage for LCW, as least when it comes to adaptation to the heat!