Riyanto is 16 this year... Cannot compete in the U-16 event. He is now ranked number 1 in the U-19 category in INA. Visit www.pb-pbsi.org for reference...
Individual Final Results XD Final Ka Long Angus Ng+Sin Ying Yuen (HKG)[1] d. Calvin Jia Hong Ong+Mei Kuan Chow (MAS)[2] 17-21 21-18 21-19 GS Final Ratchanok Intanon (THA)[1] d. Maetanee Phattanaphitoon (THA) 21-16 21-6 BS Final Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG)[2] d. Chun Hei Reginald Lee (HKG)[1] 21-16 21-18 GD Final Achini Rathnasiri+Upuli Samanthika Weerasinghe (SRI) d. Oshadie Kuruppu+Sushmita Illangakoon (SRI) 21-5 21-11 BD Final Chun Hei Reginald Lee+Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG)[1] d. Sriteja Kuo+Venkatesh B (IND) 21-19 21-19
I personally see no point of sending Ratchanok Inthanon to this tournament... She is waaayyy too good for this level of play...
Without CHN, INA, JPN, and KOR, this event becomes meaningless... Did India send any players? Taiwan? Irrelevant, really...
Why cant BWF/ABC have age determination tests? There is blatant age cheating going on in some countries in the junior categories. Why dont the the World and Asian Authorities do something about it. Now since technology is available? Below is the case of Indian players who played in the U16 Asian Championship 2009 in Sri Lanka, but are other countries squeeky clean? Player Profiles - India BOYS No Given Name Date of Birth Function Actual Age in 2009 1 JOSHI PRATUL 27/11/1994 Player (At least 17 years) 2 YADAV ROHIT 12/8/1995 Player (At least 19 years) 3 REDDY SAHARSH 23/8/1994 Player (At least 17 years) 4 S. KHAJA JALEEL 21/9/1994 Player (Possibly Right age) 5 B VENKATESH 5/8/1994 Player (At least 18 years) 6 K SRITEJA 16/11/1994 Player (At least 18 years) 7 GEORGE ARUN 11/8/1995 Player (Definitely Right Age) 8 RAVURI SANTOSH 7/7/1995 Player (At least 17 years) GIRLS No Given Name Date of Birth Function 9 P V SINDHU 7/5/1995 Player (Possibly Right age) 10 SUNIL AARTHI S 1/10/1994 Player (Definitely Right age) 11 NAQVI SARA 15/12/1995 Player (At least 19 years) 12 PILLAI RIYA 10/10/1994 Player (Definitely Right age) 13 K MANISHA 29/4/1995 Player (At least 17 years) 14 D SUDHA KALYANI 2/8/1996 Player (At least 19 years)