Aug 19, 2008

Yulianti’s medal is like gold for us


MARIA Kristin Yulianti beat China’s Lu Lan 11-21, 21-13 and 21-15 to clinch third place in the Badminton Women's Singles event on Saturday, August 16, in Beijing Olympic. She got bronze medal. Lu led throughout the first game, winning 21-11 with ease. The second game, however, saw the two shuttlers keep close scores until Yulianti led 7-6. She grabbed the next seven points to lead 14-6 and held this advantage to the end of the game, winning 21-13. Yulianti played in better form than her rival in the tie-breaker, she is very heroic player, reaching 18-8 after a tough contest. Although Lu revived a bit and got the next four points to narrow the gap to six points, and further cut it to four points later, Yulianti managed to reach 21 points first and grabbed this game 21-15. After Mia Audina (silver medal in Atlanta 96) and Susy Susanty got the gold in 92 (in Barcelona) and bronze in Atlanta 96, the Indonesian women single is nothing in olympic. But here she come: Maria Kristin Yulianti. It is the right moment on country’s anniversary August 17th. She made the China’s audience cry. On the other match, The flag red and white with the song "Indonesia Raya” is sung up in Beijing Olympic. The 23 years old, both, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan have won the gold medal in men’s doubles badminton beating Chinese pair Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 2-1 in three sets, 12-21, 21-5, 21-17. Our pairs en route to the top of the podium. "I cannot emphasize enough how important this Gold medal is to me and to my country, which is celebrating its National Day at the end of the month (17th August)," said a joyful Kido. "I feel extremely honored and emotional about tonight. "We have been building up for this tournament for a very long time and have worked very hard for this." It has been a tradition for Indonesian to win gold medals since Barcelona Olympic at 1992. On behalf of Indonesia we aim to continue the tradition, and we hope to grab at least one gold in every Olympic. How on next Olympic: London 2012. We have another two players, new, still boys and very young in weightlifting: Eko Yuli Irawan and Triyatno. The first medal for Indonesia in Beijing were grabbed from Eko Yuli (bronze, men weighlifting, 56 kilograms) and the 2nd is Triyatno (bronze, men weighlifting, 62 kilograms). So besides badminton, we depend on weightlifting player to get gold in London 2012. BAHASA Indonesia version at http://perbulutangkisan.blogspot.com/2008/08/perunggu-yulianti-serasa-emas.html

Aug 15, 2008

Beijing’s Olympic is Asian Games



OLYMPIC Games which held in Beijing started from 8th August is similar with Asian Games. Case for final part of Badminton. No European at all. The semifinal all for Asian player. Danish shuttlers Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen is beaten by Indonesian man double. Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Thomas Laybourn of Denmark is stopped by Indonesian mixed double. Number 4 (four) seeded Tine Rasmussen from Denmark loss from Indonesian women single. British Mixed Doubles duo Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson was outplayed by players from Republic of Korea. And the legend, Peter Gade is cruised past by number one player of China, Lin Dan. What about the women’s double? In the quarter final, all is Asian. No European at all.
Indonesians Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan are only a step away from the 2008 Beijing Olympics badminton men’s doubles gold medal after ousting Danish shuttlers Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen 21-19, 21-17 in 31 minutes in Beijing on Friday. the final, Kido and Hendra will meet the winner between second seeds Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China and South Koreans Lee Jaejin and Hwang Jiman. Indonesian mixed doubles third seeds Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa advanced to the 2008 Beijing Olympics semifinals after sweating out to oust Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Thomas Laybourn of Denmark 21-17, 15-21, 21-17. Determined to move past his unexpected first-round exit in Athens, Lin, a heavy favorite, is geared up for the coveted Men's Singles gold medal. Lin cruised past Gade 21-13, 21-16 on August 14 to enter the semifinal, continuing his undefeated run for gold in the tournament. The anticipated heart-pounding clash turned out to be a disastrous outing for Gade, who was no match for Lin's super high tempo and unassailable smashes. Yulianti, on the other hand, was an overachiever in this competition. Ranking 21st in the world, she overcame World No. 4 Tine Rasmussen of Denmark and World No. 15 Saina Nehwal of India to come this far. However, her luck ran out in this semifinal.British Mixed Doubles duo Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson was outplayed by Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae of the Republic of Korea 21-19, 21-12 in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Badminton tournament on Thursday, August 14.Source: http://results.beijing2008.cn, and thejakartapost. BAHASA Indonesia version at http://perbulutangkisan.blogspot.com/2008/08/olimpiade-beijing-adalah-asian-games.html