The Badminton God

Updates regarding the BWF World Championships in Glasgow. A Frenchman upsets the Malaysian hero Lee Chong Wei in the first round of men’s singles match. Lee Chong Wei is now out of the competition that supposed to be his last stint at the World Championships. Brice Leverdez pulled off a major and a shocking upset at the badminton world championships by defeating the crowd’s favorite to win this year’s world championships and men’s second see Lee Chong Wei in three games in Glasgow on Tuesday (August 22). We can now call Leverdez as Lee Chong Wei’s killer or stopper because this is his second shocking defeat to him after having lost to the Frenchman at the Denmark Open last year. The world meet’s three-time runners-up Chong Wei was hoping for a change of fortune under coach Datuk Misbun Sidek and Hendrawan, but he failed in his mission again. We all know that this is Chong Wei’s 10th world championships and probably the last. It is hard to say this but a lot...

Maybe all of us badminton fans ask ourselves on what are the weapon that our idols use. Like Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei, does the badminton racquet holds the secret on why they are very good in the sport? We all know that Lin Dan is using the Yonex Duora Z-Strike and it is a very good racquet, one that can really unleashed the beast in you.  In Lee Chong Wei’s case, millions and millions of fans across the globe is idolizing him so when Yonex makes a good racquet, the badminton God uses it and every fans will buy it hoping that they can be as good as LCW. Now what is the things that lies inside the weapon of the God? Lee Chong Wei is using the Yonex Duora 10 LCW and it is specifically designed to give players a more offensive edge on both their forehand and backhand as what Lee Chong Wei is known for.  The badminton racquet is equipped with Yonex’s Dual Optimum System , an innovative racquet design that features differing frame shapes on either side of the head. ...

Now it is time for the legend to help raise a new legend that is the true meaning of being a great leader. Lee Chong Wei has taken the initiative to create, train, and raise a bigger talent pool of shuttles in his country. The three- time Olympic medalist will be opening a badminton academies in Perak. Also in Ipoh there will be a Lee Chong Wei Badminton Academy and it will be launched on July 22. This will surely raise new and competitive young shuttlers because they will be trained by the best of the bests. Lee Chong Wei bought a huge land in Perak and that’s the venue where they built three badminton academies, The Ipoh academy will have 12, eight and six courts respectively. We all know that the facility is not that big but with the biggest name in badminton for sure it is better than good enough room to groom and train some of the youngsters from the state. Lee Chong Wei said that he’ll surely be there whenever he can monitor the player’s progress, we migh...

A lot of people would agree and disagree that Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) is on the top of the Mount Everest when it comes to the sport of badminton. He is currently sitting at the No.1 spot of the World Ranking and is favored to win some more tournaments before the next Olympics and there’s no stopping him in guarding his position at the top of the mountain. Lee Chong Wei is considered as a Living Legend in this sport and he is one of the all-time outstanding badminton talents that helped popularize the game in Asia and in the World for all his heroics and exciting plays. For some time now he is at the top of the game and for those years he has earned him the title Datuk and had the Malaysian Prime Minister describe him as a national hero. He was just like the Michael Jordan of badminton for the Malaysians. He is currently the World number one, and Chong Wei has a number of gold medals that solidify his case to be the greatest badminton player in the planet. Some of these ...