Griff88

7 hours ago, Josh said:

That’s the amount of points counting towards the World Ranking. Not sure if it’s the same for the Olympic Ranking. 
 

Edit: Because according to that, Lindeman/Lee have qualified for the Olympics as of today, but I don’t see any posts on Badminton Canada’s Instagram announcing that. 

Dong/Yakura has sealed their places together with Chiu/Yuan by reaching semifinal of Pan Am Champs

18 hours ago, NearPup said:

 Indonesia is establishing diplomatic ties and normalizing their relationship with  Israel.

 

Interesting to see the biggest Muslim majority country do this while Israel is losing a lot of support in the West.

Nope we aren't doing that. As long as the two state solution is not fulfilled, there won't be - diplomatic relations. It's the stance for 75 years and won't change in the foreseeable future.

6 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

What do you have to say about today's results? Will there be any other trials or Rizki deemed injured or anything?

Well unfortunately that last hasty C&J lift cost Rahmat dearly… It is what it is. No dispute or anything else from what I have read.

26 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Indonesia is slowly becoming a new powerhouse in this sport. Wouldn't be surprised to see them challenging China more regularly and in more weights.

Hopefully that elusive gold will come in Paris, so the sport will be well-funded than before and we can actually become a powerhouse.

Top athlete like Rahmat Abdullah still train in a dilapidated gym without electricity and using rusty weights owned by his father (who is also his coach). Most of the weightlifting Olympians of this country hails from the same province and also the same club, where the club founder fed and trained those poor kids into Olympians for free.

If the athletes can get results in such shit conditions, imagine if Indonesian weightlifting have a better funding.

Thanks a lot @catgamer!

Buon giorno, ready to enjoy the contest

On 3/15/2024 at 1:52 PM, Fly_like_a_don said:

I felt that was the only questionable result of the morning session and to Little extent the QF involving the same athlete against the . Maybe @Griff88 could say if he agrees with the decision given against at 0-0 in final round in W49kg against the Philipino.

Hmm I didn’t watch it but our national coach didn’t say a word about the decision - so I think it’s safe?

What do you think about the gray court color? For me it feels funny, like watching badminton with an Instagram filter on

At least it's not giving eye damage like the red courts for WT Finals

Most comments online saying Paraguay is busy throwing mud and not highlighting why their bid is better than Peru... If that is true, then it's too bad.

Personally it's a bit disappointing but everyone knows Lima is a safer choice

13 hours ago, Henry_Leon said:

If want swap with Italy (11:45 GMT+1) your time vote will be 17:45

It's ok?

That would be helpful.

4 hours ago, Henry_Leon said:

Updated Order of Vote

3 swap made

 

order		Local Time
8	12:10	12:10	Slovakia	swap	A
21	17:30	10:30	Guatemala	swap	A

7	12:00	12:00	Spain	swap	B
22	17:40	13:40	Argentina	swap	B

11	13:45	14:45	Bulgaria	swap	C
25	18:20	09:20 (LA time)	United States	swap	C

A bit late to the swap schedule, I am looking for the slot before 13.00 host time (19.00 in GMT+7) if possible. Otherwise I won't be available to live vote

Apparently withdrew from Thomas Cup (as usual, weird decision from them) and they will be replaced by

was the next best European team after but they did not take the offer.

So hosting Paris 2024 badminton events in Porte de la Chapelle is not a good idea?

Players for this year's French Open (which doubles as venue test event) are taking extra measures to keep their hotel room safe. So far two suitcases are missing and some players reported there are attempts to break into their room at night.

Halfway done, please bear with me

3 hours ago, thepharoah said:

Final of Men's African teams in Egypt will be between Algeria and Nigeria , Nigeria defeated Egypt in Semis 3-2

I wondered why Egyptian women’s team did so badly this time

In 3 days, the third largest democracy in the world will hold elections...

For the last two elections (2014 & 2019), we only have two candidates and the polarization is too extreme. Each side fiercely accused the other side of destroying the country and if they win then Indonesia will be saved (obviously), but then we saw a surprise move from the winner Joko Widodo to appoint the losing candidate Prabowo and Sandiaga as ministers. This time we have three candidates:

1. Anies Baswedan (Former governor of Jakarta) / Muhaimin Iskandar (Chairman of PKB)

Bringing the agenda of "Change" and "Justice for All". Muhaimin's selection as the running mate Anies created the unlikely coalition of moderate Islamist party PKB and the more right-wing Islamic parties PKS and Ummat. This selection also caused Democrats (the party with Mercedes-Benz looking logo) to switch allegiance to Prabowo. Anies himself is an independent politician and was a rector of a private university. With his high academic statute, he is generally more liked with those who had a higher education as he speaks with data a lot in debate and allows students to directly express their aspirations to him. However, the 'justice for all' jargon is a bit in question especially since their main supporters are Islamist organizations. Another policy to take note is they plan to discontinue the construction of the new capital of Indonesia.

2. Prabowo Subianto (Minister of Defence) / Gibran Rakabuming Raka (Mayor of Surakarta)
Former army general Prabowo and the incumbent president's son Gibran is the most surprising pair for this election (imagine something like Trump is running with Biden's son). Almost failed to join the election as Gibran isn't old enough according to the rules but an amendment from the Constitutional Court headed by Gibran's uncle finally allows them to do so. With the agenda of "Continuity" and "Golden Indonesia 2045", they seek to continue whatever President Widodo's has envisioned including the new capital. They also mainly campaigned "downstreaming policy" so Indonesia can process its rich resources with less participation of foreign countries. Their coalition is the biggest and included PSI, a party that suddenly appointed Gibran's younger brother, causing critics to label them as nepo babies. Prabowo's critics also pointed out his involvement in East Timor atrocities and activist kidnappings during Suharto's dictatorship, but he dismissed that as he is now not trigger-happy like in the past, proved by heavy AI aided campaign arts portraying him as a cute old man.

3. Ganjar Pranowo (Former governor of Central Java) / Mahfud MD (Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs)

Their main agenda is "Enhancement" of Indonesia's current condition. Ganjar's tenure as a governor is reminiscent of incumbent president Widodo's style of visiting small alleys or wet markets to know the real problems faced by the people. On the other hand, Mahfud MD is a law professor and had served in all branches of the government (parliament member, minister, and chief justice), very popular among the people and seen as incorruptible. The problem is their coalition is mainly carried by PDIP (the party with a bull head - the largest party in the parliament) whose leader Megawati Soekarnoputri (former president 2001-2004) is deeply unpopular but very powerful, leading to concerns that Ganjar will be just a puppet president. Ganjar himself was embroiled in a controversy regarding the construction of a stone quarry by the central government amidst the rejection of the residents in the impacted area which ended with military brutality to some villagers.

Any prediction on who will win? All opinion surveys puts Prabowo/Gibran leading in the race, causing some people mocking these survey institutions as "surepays"

2 hours ago, Josh said:

By no means do I think Nusantara 2036 will actually happen  though it would be pretty cool to see an event of that caliber in Indonesia (You had the Asian Games in 2018, but it obviously isn’t as big as an Olympics)

 

I’m curious though, what are your thoughts on Santiago hosting?

Santiago Pan Am venues are almost the same level as Jakarta in term of capacity. So I think they need to have an array of bigger venues, the same problem with Indonesia in general.

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Personally, if it was me choosing, I’d want Santiago as the host for the 2036 Olympics. They did a really great job at hosting the Pan Am Games this year. Other than that, Seoul/Budapest/Nusantara would probably be my next three choices. I do think it will probably go to a European nation though, three non-European Olympics in a row sounds unlikely, although it certainly is possible. Regarding India, I don’t think they’re ready to host the Olympics yet (but that doesn’t mean they won’t be ready in 2040/2044)

I really want Budapest to win. Korea might have the money but I don't think the people are really interested with the Games.

Nusantara is just an ambitious project in the middle of jungle and participation of Israel will be a thorn in the flesh.

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I would absolutely have gotten Jaque, yes  

 

Hirano, definitely not.

For me it's the vice-versa

4 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

Fun fact about Koo (as far as I know, a Korean name): this sounds just like a very common swearword in Portuguese, and there's NO WAY any Portuguese speaker can say Lucas Koo's last name out loud and not immediately blush or laugh out loud. No way.

 

That explains why a random Brazilian quoted my tweet about Lucas and Google Translate translated his quote as "look as this Brazilian athlete surname"

just need a few more seconds to secure a medal but ended with none...

Lucas Koo was leading but later slipped