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Badminton: Project 2016 must start now - Datuk James Selvaraj

HIGH performance committee member Datuk James Selvaraj has proposed that the BA of Malaysia (BAM) has a four-year programme aimed at the 2016 Olympics and Thomas Cup.

Selvaraj said although Malaysia  had achieved the target of qualifying for the Thomas Cup Finals in Wuhan in May with limited resources,  a comprehensive programme -- which should start this year -- will give them the opportunity to win the prestigious team event again.

He added that the focus should be on identifying potential young singles players as the doubles department has a big talent pool to replace Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong by 2016.

Although Lee Chong Wei may not be around by then, Selvaraj said emphasis on the current group of players like Zulfadli Zulkifli, Misbun Ramdan Misbun, Goh Soon Huat and even Liew Daren, who will be 27 in 2016, should be pushed while BAM continues to nurture young players.

 "There had been doubts  whether Malaysia could qualify but we managed to do that in Macau. That was our best squad available but we have to start preparing early and find one or two new faces to strengthen our challenge in the final rounds," said Selvaraj at Juara Stadium yesterday.

"Hafiz (Hashim) can get better if he improves on his fitness while Daren showed some quality and the only thing he lacks is consistency while Arif (Latif) didn't do well.

"We must try and do our best in the final rounds but there should be a four-year special programme to prepare a team that can aim to win the Thomas Cup in 2016.

"The selected players will also be targeting the 2016 Olympics and other major events like the Asian and Commonwealth Games and the programme should be comprehensive.

"Young players like Ramdan, Zulfadli and Soon Huat can all come into this programme and Daren can also be part of this if he continues his progress."

 The proposal to have a special programme is expected to be part of the agenda in the coaching and training committee (CTC) meeting tomorrow.

The other  issue will be on the poor performance of the women's singles where  coach Chi Shanrong's inability was clearly exposed in Macau and there could be a call for a stop-gap replacement before a permanent candidate is hired after the London Olympics in July. By K.M. Boopathy

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