Text 2 More shuttlers dropped from RI training camp

#Twenty-one shuttlers have been expelled from the national training camp (pelatnas), in Cipayung, East Jakarta, due to their poor performance last year, while those staying will focus on the Korea Open Super Series as their first test of 2014. #The 2005 SEA Games gold medalist Adriyanti Firdasari, 2011 SEA Games gold medalist Bona Septano and his former partner in the men’s doubles event Fran Kurniawan as well as Fran’s former mixed doubles partner Shendy Puspa Irawati were among the players who were dropped from the training camp. #“I’m glad I could be a part of the camp until 2013. It is sad to finally leave but I realize I cannot be part of pelatnas forever,” said Adriyanti in a statement. #The women’s singles player, who joined the national squad for 11 years, said she was planning to go professional. #“I need to try something new, I want to know what [career] life outside pelatnas is like,” said the member of Jaya Raya Jakarta club. #His achievements during 2013 — winning seven titles from the New Zealand Open Grand Prix, Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold and Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold with old hand Vita Marissa — was the reason for him being summoned to join the camp.

Share this post