The 16th World Badminton Championship held in Malaysia had been really exciting and disappointing (especially for Malaysians badminton fans) at the same time for the past one week. Exciting because top seeded players were being defeated by lower ranked players, upset because Malaysia's players failed to deliver even one gold medal.
The very first upset of week was Taufik Hidayat, the Olympic Champion and two times Asian Games Champion, defeated by Anup Sidhar whom I have never heard of. Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei shockingly lost tamely to Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia. Didn't really expect that to happen as Lee showed that he was back to top form in Sudirman Cup and the Philippine's Open. Losing to Kuncoro was already a shock for all Malaysian fans. To make matter worse, he put the blame of defeat on his chief couch but later said that it' was his fault for losing. But he wasn't the only person who blame others for the defeats. Xie Xing Fang and Mohd. Tazarri also blamed the crowd for their defeats. :P No sportmanship at all. I guess it's human's bad nature. Always blame others for the negative things instead of finding the root of the problem and improve from there. Apart from that, a Danish player even provoked Rexy but later apologised. Didn't really know what happened.
There were still good players during the championship. Too many to name them. One of them was Wong Mew Choo who beat Xie XingFang in 2 straight games!!! They showed good fighting spirit and accepted their defeats without blaming others.
I still feel upset as none of the Malaysian players deliver a gold medal. Malaysia was only able to collect a bronze medal through Lee Wan Wah and Choong Tan Fook in the men's double. Don't really dare to hope that Malaysia can deliver a gold medal in next year's Olympic games at the moment. Hopefully the defeat in this World championship is a blessing in disguise to all Malaysian players and that this defeat will act as an alarm clock to warn them that they still have a lot to improve. I would love to see Malaysia getting her first gold medal in the Olympic games. =D
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