PBSI faced with 'burden' of preparing for
Despite the results of one gold, silver and bronze medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, improvement is still needed especially in recruitment and training at the national badminton center.
The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) chairman Sutiyoso said the body has targeted to keep the "gold medal tradition" at the quadrennial event.
"It's quite a burden. We relied (our medal hopes) on the men's and mixed doubles. Having two pairs as finalists was extraordinary," he said here Sunday.
Sutiyoso also praised Maria Kristin Yulianti's success in winning the bronze in the women's singles event. The 23-year-old is the third Indonesian women's singles player to win a medal in the event after Susy Susanti (gold in 1992 and bronze in 1996) and Mia Audina (silver in 1996).
"Her target was only the quarterfinals. But she progressed beyond that, much to our surprise. She deserves to be called a giant killer," he said.
Sutiyoso said the PBSI would improve its recruitment system especially by setting a minimum height for female players of 165 centimeters.
"One of the obstacles is that our female shuttlers are short, far shorter than the Chinese players, whose average height is over 170cms," he said.
"We have also changed from the old style of training at the badminton center, that women players should be coached by women coaches. We called in Hendrawan to coach them," said Sutiyoso. Hendrawan was the 2000 Olympics silver medalist and 2001 world champion.
Head coach Christian Hadinata said that the PBSI must now focus on preparing younger shuttlers to compete for the 2012 London Olympics.
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