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Uber Cup

Anton4231 — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:12:40 +0800

I feel like for Uber cup the competition is a bit tight between Japan, China and Indonesia. I think is hard to said tbh

Badminton: M’sia almost through to quarter-final o

Anton4231 — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 23:54:35 +0800

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia are all but through to the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup after a 3-2 win over England in the Group D opener.

World No. 27 Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See were arguably the heroes for the youthful Malaysian side when they sprang a surprise in the opening mixed doubles match by defeating world No. 7 Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith 21-19, 21-18.

Captain Lee Zii Jia then doubled the lead by thrashing recently crowned England national champion Johnnie Torjussen 21-4, 21-15 before Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik overcame a spirited Ben Lean-Sean Vendy 22-20, 21-18 to gain an unassailable lead for Malaysia at 3-0.

But England prevented Malaysia from making a clean sweep by bouncing back in the women's singles and women's doubles battles through Abigail Holden and Lauren Smith-Chloe Birch.

The world No. 176 Holden stunned SEA Games champion S. Kisona 22-16, 22-20 before Smith-Birch completed their pride salvaging mission with a 21-18, 17-21, 21-10 win over Swiss Open champions Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah.

But a win of any scoreline over England was all Malaysia needed in order to secure a top two finish in Group D to advance to the knockout stage.

Malaysia are not expected to have trouble beating minnows Egypt in their second tie tomorrow and set up a top of the table clash with second seeds Japan on Thursday (Sept 30).

Second seeds Japan opened their campaign with a 5-0 win over Egypt.

Group D: Malaysia bt England 5-0 (Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See bt Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith 21-19, 21-18; Lee Zii Jia bt Johnnie Torjussen 21-4, 21-15; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Ben Lane-Sean Vendy 22-20, 21-18, S. Kisona lost to Abigail Holden 16-21, 20-22; Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah lost to Lauren Smith-Chloe Birch 18-21, 21-17, 10-21)

Sudirman Cup 2021

Anton4231 — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:01:39 +0800

Top 4 strong countries in Badminton

Sabah, poorest in Malaysia despite 58 years of nat

Anton4231 — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:19:10 +0800

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan says Sabahans are continuously met with “disappointment and even sorrow” despite 58 years passing since the formation of Malaysia.

“After a promising start to the federation, Sabahans have increasingly realised that they have been shortchanged in this partnership,” he said in a statement today.

The Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president visited the Batu Sumpah, which is an oath stone commemorating the country’s formation, on the eve of Malaysia Day. It is located in his interior Keningau parliamentary constituency.

“Admittedly, we have seen some progress but compared with Singapore and Brunei, both of which opted out of this federation, Sabah’s development has been severely stunted.”

Kitingan said there were many factors for this lack of development, with one of them being the 40% of the net revenue derived by the federal government in the state still owed to Sabah.

“Our 10% export on petroleum duty in lieu of royalties has also never been paid. At the same time, our 10% import duty on petroleum products has not been paid fully but replaced with a fixed amount of RM120 million since 2007.

“In terms of resources, our oil and gas have been unconstitutionally taken over by Petronas which is 100% owned by the federal government.

“This is while our children have struggled to find jobs in federal departments in Sabah. Most of the ranks are dominated by Malayans.”

Besides that, Kitingan contended that Sabah’s security was also deliberately jeopardised by the importation of Muslim foreign labour from neighbouring countries, namely Indonesia and the Philippines.

“They were later granted backdoor citizenship and mobilised as voters to change the demography of Sabah and the political landscape through Project IC, also known as Projek Mahathir,” he said.

He added that despite Sabah having abundant resources, the state has been made “financially, economically, politically and militarily dependent” on Putrajaya.

“Even its political power was purposely weakened by inadequate parliamentary representation that does not reflect its status as an equal partner in the federation,” he said, referring to Sabah and Sarawak not having at least one-third representation in Parliament.

“The impact of all these violations is clear – Sabah has become the poorest state in Malaysia.”

As the country commemorates Malaysia Day, Kitingan believed it was important to reflect on what the federation signified, as well as its history and goals.

“The proclamation of Malaysia on Sept 16, 1963 acknowledged the nationhood status of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore and this reflected their aspiration at the beginning of the process of forming Malaysia.

“However, the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) did not reflect this proclamation as it was signed on July 9, 1963, even before the process was completed and at a time when Sabah and Sarawak were still colonies,” he said.

As a result, he believed it was reasonable to question why MA63 was signed before the process was completed, why it was never amended and whether Sabah and Sarawak were federated with Malaya as a whole or with individual states within Malaya, as some have claimed.

“If we are to move forward as a federated nation, it is critical that these concerns or anomalies be resolved because we do not want to be Malayan colonies,” Kitingan said.

For this reason, he has insisted that the independence of Sabah and Sarawak, the missing piece in the formation of Malaysia, be restored to the pages of this federation’s history in order for it to be complete.

Sarawak gained self-governance on July 22, 1963, while Sabah proclaimed independence on Aug 31, 1963.

“Sept 16 is a celebration of a partnership, not a colonial takeover. Sabah and Sarawak did not become part of Malaysia. Rather, we founded Malaysia together with the federation of Malaya.

“More importantly, we should not confuse Malaya with Malaysia. Malaysia is a new federation that was established in 1963, not in 1957.

“The time has come to fulfill this partnership and the terms of this relationship,” Kitingan said.

Source:FreeMalaysiaToday

Disheartened: From the top of the world to the bot

Anton4231 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:59:47 +0800

One month has passed since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the Malaysian delegation can only win silver and one bronze from the cycling unicorn and badminton men's doubles in this Olympics. Comparing to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Malaysia won 4 silvers and 1 bronze from diving, badminton and bicycle events, the best Olympic results in history. This year's record is obviously lost.

This article will focus on the above and the next two articles, why the diving team, who was placed high hopes, finally missed the podium.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Pandreira from Sarawak performed well in the 10m women's platform finals and won the bronze medal in one fell swoop. This is also the first medal won by a woman in Malaysia and the first medal other than badminton. It is for history. The moment of sex.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Malaysian diving team made persistent efforts. Panderera and Zhang Junhong from Ipoh, Perak, defeated the world powers. In the end, they lost only to the Chinese Dream Team. Together they won the silver medal in the 10-meter women's double platform. This is the first time in Africa. The badminton event won the silver medal and once again wrote a new page in the Malaysian Olympics.

In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the diving team has always been considered to have at least a chance to win at least one medal before the game, but finally returned without success.

After the 2016 Rio Olympics won the silver medal, the Malaysian diving team was in a good situation, and the coaching staff headed by Yang Zhuliang also increased their confidence and vowed to push the Malaysian diving team to the top of the world.

In July 2017, Zhang Junhong had a shocking jump in Budapest, beating the Chinese team’s Olympic gold and silver medal directors Qian and Si Yajie, Canada’s Olympic bronze medalist Mae Genfito, and North Korea’s defending world champion Kim Guoxiang, won The world champion with the most gold content, FINA used "shock" to describe her victory. Zhang Junhong's climb to the top of the world championship proved that Malaysia can compete with the world's powers forever, and is no longer willing to succumb to Asia's second diving kingdom.

Fire the coach and plant the cause of failure

Reluctantly, when the diving team was on the rise, the management made the decision not to renew the contract with the meritorious coach Yang Zhuliang, which directly caused the Malaysian diving team to get into trouble. In 2018, it can barely rely on Pandreira and Zhang Junhong to maintain Malaysia's diving competition in the duo event. However, after the departure of head coach Zhang Yukun in 2018, the team's performance was sluggish.

The departure of Yang Zhuliang and Zhang Yukun is the end of a stable training system that has been in existence for more than 10 years. The management seems to have forgotten how many world-class honors this training system has cultivated, but under the charge of "not using sports science". Suspend the meritorious coach, planting the current defeat.

After Yang Zhuliang confirmed that he would not be renewed in December 2017, when he was interviewed by a TV station, he shed tears at the scene, showing that he has a deep affection for the Malaysian diving team. Although not being renewed, Yang Zhuliang's fate with Malaysia has not yet ended.

Zhang Junhong was injured on the eve of the Asian Games in 2018. After more than a year of training, he applied to the National Sports Council to return to China under Yang Zhuliang for a short-term return training program to impact his Olympic qualifications. The National Sports Council gave Zhang Junhong the green light. , The two masters and apprentices continued their lead, but this time Yang Zhuliang led Zhang Junhong as a "mercenary". Later, due to the epidemic, the two returned to Malaysia to continue training.

Unexpectedly, this incident led to the discovery of Diving coach Bullock publicly expressing dissatisfaction. Bullock was a diving coach hired back from Australia after Yang Zhuliang was not renewed. He declared that Bullock would use sports science to train divers. However, Bullock's open fire deepened the rift in the diving team, and even affected the preparation of the diving team in the Olympics, including strategic deployment and player configuration.

Yong Zong has no strategy to win the card

If you always do a little bit of data analysis and battle situation research, you should know that among the three women's events (single 3-meter springboard, single 10-meter platform, and double 10-meter platform), the ones who have the most chance to win cards are actually It's a 10-meter platform for doubles.

For women’s singles 3-meter springboard, Malaysia has never entered the top three in the World Championships, World Cup or Olympics. Although Nodabita performed well in this Olympics and finished fourth, it was still nearly 20 points behind the bronze medalist. In this project, Malaysia has always been the second group.

Therefore, the chance to win cards should be placed on the single and double platform jumping events that have won the top three in the world and the Olympics. Looking at the status and preparations of Pandreira and Zhang Junhong, it should not be difficult to analyze the double platform. In fact, the chance of winning a card is higher than that of a single jumping platform.

First of all, Pandreira has been ups and downs in singles in recent years. It is not easy to break through to win medals in singles. The World Cup championship won in May 2021 was won in the absence of China and Australia. Many teams also The World Cup is used as a springboard for the Olympic finalists, so the reference value is not high.

Although the 2017 world champion Zhang Junhong successfully jumped out of the preliminaries in the World Cup and entered the Olympics, she has only recently recovered from her injury. The World Cup is her first competition in three years. She has been so desperate to rush to the top of the Olympic singles. Third, it is also excessively idealized.

Therefore, to win medals in this Olympic diving event, the most practical formula is the same as the previous one, in the women's double diving platform.

In the design of the system and rules, the double platform is more conducive to the non-Chinese team's medals than the single platform, because the first two jumps of the double platform are 2.0 low-difficulty designated movements. The basic skills of Pandreira and Zhang Junhong, before Two jumps can be scored to put aside teams other than China, because the technical difficulty requirements are lower than the single player competition, as long as the participants have experience and foundation, it is easier to adjust the state and make fewer mistakes.

Moreover, there are only 8 teams in the double platform, and each country can only play a team. For example, the Chinese Dream Team cannot have double insurance. Therefore, the objective conditions for drawing cards are quite favorable. The 2016 Rio Olympics, Malaysia diving The team grasped these favorable conditions and won the silver medal in one fell swoop. At that time, Pan Zhangpei even only lost less than 10 points to the gold medal winners China’s Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixian. They were definitely the well-deserved runners-up.

In the double platform competition, the first two rounds are designated actions. The Malaysian team has solid basic skills. Even the Chinese Dream Team cannot lead other teams far after two rounds.

Olympic qualifications belong to the country and not individuals

Although the Olympic qualification for the doubles platform was obtained by Pandreira and Liang Minyu, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) stipulates that the Olympic qualification belongs to the country rather than the individual. Therefore, if you have the heart to compete for medals, you will be selected for a higher level of the Olympics. Those who qualify cannot be regarded as a kind of "feedback" to the athletes. After all, in the Olympics, standing on the podium is everything. China’s All Red Cicada is an example. She does not qualify for the Olympics, but she relies on her stability. His performance was qualified and finally won the gold medal.

Most people only know that Pan Zhangpei has won the Olympic silver medal, but in fact, the two have swept gold, silver and bronze in 10 diving competitions in 2016-2018 (see the attached table ●), and they have also defeated the Chinese combination in the series to win the championship. In the Communist Games, they defeated Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom and won the gold medal. As long as the two played in the game, they could almost stand on the podium. They were definitely the top three double platform combination of the world's first group.

The Tokyo Olympics also happened to be postponed for a year as the epidemic worsened. However, with the division of the diving team, in this year and a half, although Zhang Junhong has recovered from his injury, Yong and the coaching staff seem to have no idea what to do with Zhang Junhong again. Paired with Pandreira to re-run the combination that won the most medals in Malaysian history to keep the silver medals won by the two in the last session.

Source: Oriental Daily Google Translated

malaysia-set-thomas-uber-sudirman-quarter-final-ta

Anton4231 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:43:09 +0800

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have named a young squad with a target of reaching at least the quarter-finals in the Sudirman Cup and Thomas-Uber Cup Finals.

The players in the Thomas Cup squad are aged between 21-24 while in the Uber Cup, the youngest is Siti Nurshuhaini Azman, who turned 17 this month while the oldest is Lee Meng Yean at 27.

Those in the Sudirman Cup are between 18-26.

Nurshuhaini will be the sole representative from the national junior team under the charge of Datuk Misbun Sidek as another strong candidate Justin Hoh did not make the cut.

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Youngsters Ng Tze Yong and Eoon Qi Xuan received the biggest cheer as they were named for both the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup.

The 21-year-old Tze Yong had finished as the top ranked player in the recent selection trial conducted by national coaching director Wong Choong Hann while Qi Xuan was selected in the absence of Goh Jin Wei, who is not at her best form.

Except for Zii Jia and Aaron, it will be the first time for all the other men players in the two major events. As for the women's competition, it's also the first for all except for Meng Yean, Kisona and Jin Wei.

"The target is quarter-finals for all three squads.This is the right time to take the risk and send a young team as part of our preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics," said Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Tan Sri Norza Zakaria after announcing the names at Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) yesterday.

SUDIRMAN CUP

Men's singles: Lee Zii Jia, Ng Tze Yong.

Men's doubles: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun.

Women's singles: S. Kisona, Eoon Qi Xuan.

Women's doubles: Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah, Yap Ling-Teoh Mei Xing.

Mixed doubles: Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See, Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei.

THOMAS CUP FINALS

Men's singles: Lee Zii Jia, Cheam June Wei, Ng Tze Yong, Leong Jun Hao, Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin.

Men's doubles: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun, Low Hang Yee.

UBER CUP FINALS

Women's singles: S. Kisona, Goh Jin Wei, Eoon Qi Xuan, K. Letshanaa, Siti Nurshuhaini Azman.

Women's doubles: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, Yap Ling-Teoh Mei Xing, Lee Meng Yean-Go Pei Kee.