Coach Chafidz Yusuf, center, briefs two female gamers throughout Uber Cup simulation video games in Jakarta on Sept. 10,2020 (Image thanks to PBSI)
BY: IMAN RAHMAN CAHYADI
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Jakarta. Indonesia followed the step of a number of other nations to withdraw from world team badminton champion Thomas Cup and Uber Cup which have been arranged to run in Aarhus, Denmark, next month.
The Indonesian Badminton Association, or PBSI, stated on Saturday the main reason behind the withdrawal is issue amongst Indonesian shuttlers over the present Covid-19 pandemic.
The athletes have raised concern about the threat of being exposed to Covid-19 during the trip, at transit areas and at match places, PBSI Secretary General Achmad Budiharto stated.
Achmad added Indonesian players likewise indicated an absence of insurance scheme from the Badminton World Federation under a scenario if any of the employee catches the virus throughout the tournament.
” The Indonesian group verifies a choice to withdraw from the 2020 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament … after a discussion with athletes and authorities,” Achmad said.
” At the start, everyone was extremely delighted about the tournament and confident of their possibility, however as time went by they found out about aggravating circumstance due to unresolved Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia or other countries and they thought twice to participate,” he included.
The choice came after weeks of preparations by PBSI including lots of male and female players in competition drill.
Australia, Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea have earlier announced their withdrawal.
The Thomas Cup for men’s group and the Uber Cup for females are a biennial event including state members of the BWF. Prior To 1982, the tournament was held every three years.
Indonesia is the most effective Thomas Cup team with 13 trophies given that the tournament was kept in 1948-49 However, it has actually been 18 years given that Indonesia last emerged victorious.
Only five nations, including likewise China, Malaysia, Japan and Denmark, have ever won the Thomas Cup.
The Indonesian ladies’s group has won the Uber Cup three times, most just recently in 1996.
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