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  1. USAer

    USAer Regular Member

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    By Pete McEntegart

    Every Tuesday, the 10 Spot will present our list of the 10 hottest people, teams or trends in the world of sports.

    #6 - U.S. Badminton: Sure, we can't win at basketball anymore, but we're bully at badminton. Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan became the first Americans ever to win a gold medal at the World Badminton Championships on Sunday. The duo defeated the Indonesian team of Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto 15-11, 10-15, 15-11. Gunawan actually won Olympic gold for Indonesia in the same event in 2000 with Wijaya as his partner. Welcome to the melting pot, Tony.

    For complete list, go to http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/pete_mcentegart/08/23/ten.spot/index.html
     
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    DaN_fAn Regular Member

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    I would have liked to see some pics given,that it's on sports illustrated but alteast it's getting a mention everywhere!

    But the part about americans being bullies in badminton...funny.
     
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    Different meaning of bully.

    Using bully is an English (as in British) term meaning good. They also use smashingly to describe when something is going very well. :) Bully here doesn't mean that America is pushing people around. Not a very likely scenario in Badminton. Now, if we win the next 20 7* tournaments in a row maybe...
     
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