Malaysian shuttlers held top rankings in the men's singles and men's doubles but none of them made it to the semi-finals.
National Sports Council (NSC) claimed that the national badminton team had not justified the large amount of money spent on them and had time and again failed to deliver what was expected of them in major tournaments.
The NSC's deputy director general, Datuk Zolkples Embong, had said that almost half a million ringgit were spent on the shuttlers for the World Championships and the government was disappointed with their performances in Madrid.
The NSC questioned the BAM on sending the team to Madrid much earlier to adapt better to the conditions there and also the need to send a large contingent.
And the NSC said that they were concerned over how the team would fare in the Asiad scheduled for Dec 1-15.
Nadzmi said: “There were positive results from the players prior to the world championships and we had confidence in them to do well in Madrid. I have to admit that it was very disappointing that none of our men reached the singles or doubles semi-finals.”
“We will talk to the coaches and players and get feedback from them on what really happened in Madrid. The World Championships were important for us,” he said.
Nadzmi said that the BAM would not blame anyone else for the players' performances.
Nadzmi, however, was cynical on the NSC for questioning the BAM on having the team in Madrid much earlier and for sending a larger contingent.
“If they did not agree to it, why did they approve it in the first place? They should have told us before and not now,” he said.
So, no one is to be blame for the failures! That's Malaysia Boleh! Nadzmi should have said that Malaysia send the players to participate as a goodwill gesture, and there is no intention to win. It's all about sporting spirit, the Malaysian spirit.
National Sports Council (NSC) claimed that the national badminton team had not justified the large amount of money spent on them and had time and again failed to deliver what was expected of them in major tournaments.
The NSC's deputy director general, Datuk Zolkples Embong, had said that almost half a million ringgit were spent on the shuttlers for the World Championships and the government was disappointed with their performances in Madrid.
The NSC questioned the BAM on sending the team to Madrid much earlier to adapt better to the conditions there and also the need to send a large contingent.
And the NSC said that they were concerned over how the team would fare in the Asiad scheduled for Dec 1-15.
Nadzmi said: “There were positive results from the players prior to the world championships and we had confidence in them to do well in Madrid. I have to admit that it was very disappointing that none of our men reached the singles or doubles semi-finals.”
“We will talk to the coaches and players and get feedback from them on what really happened in Madrid. The World Championships were important for us,” he said.
Nadzmi said that the BAM would not blame anyone else for the players' performances.
Nadzmi, however, was cynical on the NSC for questioning the BAM on having the team in Madrid much earlier and for sending a larger contingent.
“If they did not agree to it, why did they approve it in the first place? They should have told us before and not now,” he said.
So, no one is to be blame for the failures! That's Malaysia Boleh! Nadzmi should have said that Malaysia send the players to participate as a goodwill gesture, and there is no intention to win. It's all about sporting spirit, the Malaysian spirit.
2 comments:
It's shocking to see our malaysian falls out but dun forget , we do have a hiccup even the start of the tournament.
Felt sorr to our Chong Ming. Motivation and spirit might be affected due to the loss of a key member ...
.. anyway, keep those bloggin comin in... will be catching up with more updates from pps
Should blame to BAM? How can a person who don't know Badminton at all can be the preseident?
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