ya.. lindan is superior compared with other players.. you must pray that he can win gold medal in OG 2008, coz IOC will drop badminton in OG 2012
England had already set their target to dominates badminton in 2016 or 2020. I doubt if they will drop badminton when they host OG 2012
ya i agree with you.. Denmark missed on their best chance in TC 2000 i remember that day .. ina almost lost to denmark.. that TC was a bad memory for chandra/sigit.. they lost surprisely to denmark pair and had made ina in danger position.. and Thank GOD marleve saved ina ..
This is pathetic, do you know the only bright chance for either Malaysia and Indonesia to win a gold in OG is through badminton, and here you are so glad that IOC drop badminton so LD won't win another gold?! Is there any good to put such teasing word? We should hope badminton stays on forever! but with IOC dropping badminton now, does that make you feel any better? Now Malaysia will also lose the chance to win any gold in OG if they couldn't win it this time, and so as Indonesia!!
sorry... i am very sad indeed .. if IOC really drops badminton.. indonesia, i believe , indonesia will not get gold medal in Og ... i was just teasing winston_T
taufik-ist, don't worry... Badminton as the one and only GOLD priority sport for INA is still 'exist' in London 2012 Olympic program. U can check on its official website, Greenwich Arena will become badminton and rythmic gymnastics venue and scheduled on 28 July - 04 August 2012.
I checked the website of London's 2012 Olympics... badminton is still there. INA can still win gold... I am still nervous that the Olympics committee considered badminton as one of the sports to drop. Drop equestrian and add golf instead... Leave badminton alone... I think BWF should just do a better job at marketing badminton to the Central Asian, African, Middle East, Central-South American, and Central-East European countries. They have so many countries that can vote for badminton... One day, the Thomas Cup finals competition should not compose of just 12 countries. Yeah I understand that not many countries support badminton at this time. So BWF should aim at 16 competing counties first, and then 32 sometime in the future [2022?]. That way, many more countries will pay attention to the finals. Unlike this year.
n if MAS/ KOR/ INA gets to be d host, we welcome u to come here Winston_T, is mlsia is chosen, u can sleep at my house, and of course, taufik-ist will be with us also.. p/s: more ppl will join us too btw, MAS did host d commonwealth games before and korea was d host for world cup, so IOC may choose us watch ur words yah winston_T
Not a surprise to me, Eriksen/Larsen were miles superior to even their 1st pair then, Lundgaard/Paaske. Easily handed Malaysian Coaches Yap and Cheah a drubbing a few days before.
Home team is the favorite No matter how I wish the Chinese will win the TC, I believe they won't make it this time. From now on til aug, their emphasis is on Olympic gold rather than TC/UC. Lee Yong Bo, the chief coach is under severe pressure to bring home at least 3 n preferably 4 or more Olympic gold. His performance ( leadership ) will be compared with the ping pong team, I think. And you know Chinese ping pong dominates the world and is expected to continue to do so in Aug. One can argue that the TC is prelude to Olympic performance but my gut feeling says no. Besides the recent Lin Dan's punching coach incident must have affected the team emotionally and I bet it's negative rather than positive. That's why I pick the Home team as the TC favorite
I'm not so sure about them not taking the TC home, I think they'll see this as a test before the olympics and they'll want to have some sort of momentum going in... As to the Ping Pong team, China's domination of Ping Pong is much much greater than their domination of badminton, which really says something about their Ping Pong players...
In May 1992, Indonesia did not win the Thomas and Uber Cup... but in the 1992 Summer Olympics, INA won MS & WS gold, got 2 silver an a bronze too...
Yes, Simon needs to do quite a bit more work. But at least Sony is back in form. Lost to Park due to fitness. One thing I worry about Sony is that he is physically fragile, was limping a bit at the hotel after the match. In contrast, Park was already quite fresh. Some more physical training needed ......
