Lee Chong Wei CHAMPION THE World No. 1 with 349 weeks The higest number of weeks SUPER SERIES PREMIER CELEBRATING THE LAGACY OF A LAGEND MALAYSIAN BADMINTON PLAYER NURDIANSAH LUBIS BIN TAFSIR 3212007251
W EDITORIAL Who didn’t like to play badminton? Almost everyone gets excited and tries to hit the shuttle as hard as possible and make the opponent run. Jostling each other and making each other tired is the essence of badminton. I love to play this sports because its good for our health and realese my tension.
W CON - TENT HISTORY OF BADMINTON 04 - Beginnings of badminton - Been an Olympic sport. RULES OF BADMINTON 06 - Point in badminton - LEE ZI JIA 08 - About him - Career and achievement LEE CHONG WEI 11 - About him - Career and achievement THOMAS CUP 15 - History - Idea by Sir George
HISTORY OF BADMINTON The beginnings of badminton can be traced to the mid1800s, where it was created by British military officers stationed in British India. Originally called ‘battledore’ rather than badminton, its use of a shuttlecock, rather than a ball, has remained constant over the years. Like most of the racket sports, badminton in England was played by the upper classes. However, rather than the athletic game we see today, it was a simple rally competition where players would try to hit the shuttlecock as many times as possible without it hitting the ground.
The sport of badminton underwent its first significant change in the 1800s when British army officers in India introduced a net and court. The game was brought back to England by retired officers and played at the Duke of Beaufort’s home, Badminton House in Gloucestershire. From that point onwards the game became known as badminton.n unknown typesetter in the 15th century who is thought to have scrambled parts of Cicero’s De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum for It can be played indoors and outdoors; however, major international level competitions are held indoors because they want to reduce the influence caused by external factors such as wind and lights to the minimum level. Many In 1872, badminton’s first rules and regulations were formed at Poona. The people of England started playing this sport in 1887, with the regulations made in India, and later, J. H. E Hart of The Bath Club changed some rules and regulations according to people’s ideas. Finally, in 1983 the BAE (Badminton Association of England) officially launched these rules at Dunbar House, located in Portsmouth, on 13 September. n book. It usually begins with: BADMINTON
RULES BADMINTON BADMINTON RULES OF W H E N I S A P O I N T I N A BADMNINTON A competitive badminton court is a large rectangle marked out with 40 mm wide lines. The dimensions of the court are of 13.4 m (44 ft) long and 6.1m (20 ft) wide. The badminton posts are 1.55 m (5ft 1 in) in height and must remain perfectly vertical when attached to the strained net. To ensure visibility and safety, the 6.1 m wide net is made from fine dark cord with a mesh 1 . A player must wait until his opponent is ready before serving. If the opponent attempts a return then he is ruled having been ready. 2. The feet of both players must remain in a stationary position until the serve is made. Your feet can not be touching the line at this time. 3. It is not a fault if you miss the shuttle while serving. 4. The shuttle cannot be caught and slung with the racket. 5. A player cannot hold his racket near the net to ward off a downward stroke by his opponent or to interfere with his racket.
ADS 1 . A player must wait until his opponent is ready before serving. If the opponent attempts a return then he is ruled having been ready. 2. The feet of both players must remain in a stationary position until the serve is made. Your feet can not be touching the line at this time. 3. It is not a fault if you miss the shuttle while serving. 4. The shuttle cannot be caught and slung with the racket. 5. A player cannot hold his racket near the net to ward off a downward stroke by his opponent or to interfere with his racket.
LEE ZII JIA Fearless on and off the court, Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Zii Jia became a household name after being crowned All England champ in 2021, which saw him rose to number 10 in world rankings. Other notable triumphs include clinching the gold at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and the 2022 Asian Championships. In January 2022, the 24-year-old made headlines again when he made the decision to leave the national squad to pursue a career as an independent, gaining support from his hero Datuk Lee Chong Wei and reigning champ Victor Axelsen, who also parted ways with his own national team following his win at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Lee started playing badminton when he was six years old, after his father, a former basketball player, introduced him to the game. Finding that he excelled at the sport, he entered and won several under-12 competitions and was subsequently drafted into the Bukit Jalil Sports School. He has been trained by various coaches including former national badminton champions Datuk Misbun Sidek and Datuk Tey Seu Bock. men book. It usually begins with:
Lee Zii Jia and entrepreneur Bryan Loo developed Urban Wallstreet, a bidding platform for in-demand sneakers, streetwear and other collectibles. Lee Zii Jia is the most noteworthy men’s singles talent produced by Malaysian badminton since the retirement of the three-time Olympics medalist Lee Chong Wei. The 25-year-old broke into the senior badminton scenes in the year 2016. And the 2022 men’s singles Asian champion hasn’t looked back ever since, going on to make himself one of the top 10 players in the men’s singles badminton world. ook. It usually begins with: Lee Zii Jia ensured that the poor Tokyo Olympics 2020 outing is looked past by the board and the fans by medalling in major tournaments in 2022. And he has started the 2023 season in a promising manner, which, of course, includes his performances in the ongoing Sudirman Cup 2023. Lee Zii Jia may not be the second coming of the great Lee Chong Wei, but he has done enough to put Malaysia on the world map of men’s singles badminton once again. en book. It usually begins with: And with the likes of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi and Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan, Malaysian badminton looks set to get back to the highs of the Rio Olympics in Paris next year. In January 2022, there were speculation that Lee had indicated his intention to leave the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), citing unhappiness with the association, though reasons were never disclosed. He eventually officially resigned on 19 January.In response, Lee was banned for two years from participating in any international tournaments that required BAM’s approval as well as any Badminton World While Malaysian badminton is known for its doubles talents, Lee Zii Jia is a pleasant outlier for the Badminton Association of Malaysia, even if we do not overlook the topsy-turvy relationship between
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LEE CHONG WEI Dato’ Lee Chong Wei is a former No.1 Malaysian badminton singles player who is a Olympics triple silver medalist. He is considered one of the greatest badminton players of all time. He was discovered and trained by a local badminton coach Teh Peng Huat at a badminton hall that he used to accompany his father to. He later caught the eye of former national shuttler Misbun Sidek who drafted him into the national squad in 2000. In his 19-year long international badminton career, he has won a total of 69 titles including an alltime record of 46 Badminton World Federation Super Series singles titles, 12 Malaysian Open and 4 All England titles. He also ranked as World No 1 for 349 weeks, the most any badminton player has ever achieved and which included 200 consecutive weeks in the top spot, a feat that only he has achieved. In 2014, Lee served an eight-month suspension from international competitions due to doping violations. His famous rivalry with China’s Lin Dan whom he often went up against in finals including at the World Championships and Olympic Games came to In 2019, after being cleared of cancer after multiple treatments in Taiwan, he announced his retirement at the advisement of his doctors. Lee is married to fellow shuttler Wong Mew Choo and they have two sons. He was in a relationship with Wong Mew Choo, his teammate. In 2009, Lee and Wong announced they are no longer together during the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, India. However, Lee announced his reconciliation with Mew Choo after winning a silver medal in 2012 Summer Olympics. They were married on 9 November 2012,and had two children, Kingston and Terrance, which were born in April 2013 BY DIANSAH LUBIS 16 JUL 2023
Lorem ipsum, or lipsum as it is sometimes known, is dummy text used in laying out print, graphic or web designs. The passage is attributed to an unknown typesetter in the thought to have scrambled parts of Cicero’s De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum for use in a type specimen book. It usually begins with: Lorem ipsum, or lipsum as it is sometimes known, is dummy text used in laying out print, graphic or web designs. The passage is attrib Lee made his first landmark in the Super Series titles. It was no major feat that he won the All England Open, the world’s most esteemed badminton championship; his first. Lee bagged the only title not won by Chinese players, when he defeated Lin Dan in the Japan Open. The year 2010 was quite eventful for Lee Chong Wei. He won the ‘Gold Medal’ in the Commonwealth Games, 2010 and a ‘silver medal’ in the Asian Games. Lee bagged his second consecutive Hong Kong Open title and third consecutive Super Series Master Finals title. Lee was recognised by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak for winning the All England Open for the third time in a row in 2011. He tasted success for the first time in India Open. Lee became the first non-Indonesian player to win the Indonesian Open for three consecutive times. Lee Chong Wei won a ‘silver medal’ in the Olympic Games 2012. Lee won the ninth Malaysian Open title in 2013 and beat the record of maximum number of home titles held by Wong Peng Soon. He bagged the Masters Finals title for the fourth time in the Super Series tournament. Lee won his tenth Malaysian Open title in 2014. He grabbed the Japan Open for the third year in a row. Lee won the US Open, Canada Open and the French Open in 2015. He won his first China Open title by defeating Lin Dan, his arch rival. This was Lee’s first victory over Lin Dan on Chinese soil. In November 2018 Lee announced a press conference and rumours flew, speculation flooding social media that Malaysia’s most celebrated athlete was about to end his career. His commitment to his sport, and to playing for his country. was never in question, and he wasn’t going to just quit in the face of adversity. Lee Chong Wei’s health took a hit ahead of the World Badminton Championships last year due to which he withdrew from the Worlds and the Asian Games. Ever since, Chong Wei has been out of action. But speaking post his first training session after the Chinese New Year holiday, he said he is yet to intensify his training regime and is waiting for a nod from his doctor in March.
THOMAS CUP HISTORY The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900s, who was inspired by t ennis’s Davis Cup, and football’s World Cup first held in 1930. His idea was well received at the general meeting of the International Badminton Federation in 1939. In the same year, Sir George presented the Thomas Cup, officially known as The International Badminton Championship Challenge Cup, produced by Atkin Bros of London at the cost of US$40,000. The Cup stands 28 inches high and 16 inches across at its widest and consists of three parts: a plinth (pedestal), a bowl, and a lid with a player figure The first tournament was originally planned for 1941–1942 (badminton seasons in the northern hemisphere traditionally ran from the autumn of one calendar year to the spring of the next) but was delayed due to World War II. Sir George’s dream was realized in 1948–1949 when ten national teams participated in the first Thomas Cup competition. Three qualifying zones were established: Pan America, Europe, and the Pacific, though Malaya (now Malaysia) was the only Pacific zone participant. In a format that would last until 1984, all ties (matches between countries) would consist of nine individual matches, with the victorious team needing to win at least five of these contests. The top two singles players for each side faced both of the top two players for the opposite side, accounting for four matches. A fifth singles match took place between the third-ranked singles players for each team. Finally, two doubles pairings for each side played both of the doubles pairings for the opposite side, accounting for four more matches. Each tie was normally contested over two days, four matches on the first day and five on the next. The United States and Denmark won their respective zone qualifications and thus joined Malaya for the inter-zone ties. The inter-zone ties were held in the United Kingdom. As the tournament used a knockout (single elimination) system, rather than a round-robin system, one country, Denmark, was given a bye in the first round. Malaya defeated the United States 6–3 in a highly competitive match played in Glasgow, Scotland (curiously, none of the players on either side had previously seen any of the players on the other side play). Of note, this tie marked the first of only three ever matches between the American Dave Freeman and Malayan Wong Peng Soon, the two greatest singles players of the early post-war period. In the final round held in Preston, England, Malaya beat Denmark 8–1 and became the first country to win a Thomas Cup
THOMAS CUP HISTORY In a format that would last until 1984, all ties (matches between countries) would consist of nine individual matches, with the victorious team needing to win at least five of these contests. The top two singles players for each side faced both of the top two players for the opposite side, accounting for four matches. A fifth singles match took place between the third-ranked singles players for each team. Finally, two doubles pairings for each side played both of the doubles pairings for the opposite side, accounting for four more matches. Each tie was normally contested over two days, four matches on the first day and five on the next. The United States and Denmark won their respective zone qualifications and thus joined Malaya for the inter-zone ties. The inter-zone ties were held in the United Kingdom. As the tournament used a knockout (single elimination) system, rather than a round-robin system, one country, Denmark, was given a bye in the first round. Malaya defeated the United States 6–3 in a highly competitive match played in Glasgow, Scotland (curiously, none of the players on either side had previously seen any of the players on the other side play). Of note, this tie marked the first of only three ever matches between the American Dave Freeman and Malayan Wong Peng Soon, the two greatest singles players of the early post-war period. In the final round held in Preston, England, Malaya beat Denmark 8–1 and became the first country to win a Thomas Cup
SUDIR MAN 19 CUP 89 Dick Sudirman, in whose honour the Sudirman Cup was instituted, was one of the founders of PBSI and its President for 22 years. He earned respect worldwide as an administrator with PBSI and with other governing bodies such as Asian Badminton Confederation and International Badminton Federation. Although his contributions to badminton were vast, he is most remembered for his pivotal role in helping the unification of the world governing body. In February of 1978, a breakaway group from the IBF, called World Badminton Federation, was formed, and for a while, two circuits ran in parallel. Badminton’s Olympic aspirations were in danger, but efforts at reconciliation had hit several roadblocks. Sudirman had friends in both world bodies and initiated an informal meeting in Bandung between leaders of the two federations on 28 May 1979. He proposed the setting up of a working study group comprising leading figures of the two federations to find a way out of the impasse. He also suggested friendly matches between players of the two federations. His proposals were accepted and formed the basis for a reconciliation effort. Exactly two years later, on 28 May 1981, the two world bodies were united. Following Sudirman’s death (from a stroke) on 10 June 1986, his longtime friend and PBSI vice-president Suharso Suhandinata wrote to IBF President Arthur Jones recalling Sudirman’s contributions to badminton. (Suhandinata, in fact, had visited Sudirman the night before his death.) In that letter of August 1986, Suhandinata suggested that something tangible be initiated in Sudirman’s memory, and asked if IBF would consider Indonesia’s proposal for a competition to be instituted in his name. The Sudirman Cup, like the other major trophies in badminton such as the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup and the Suhandinata Cup, is an exceptional piece of workmanship HISTORIC JOURNEY OF THE SUDIRMAN CUP
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