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| National men’s doubles pair, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, received a windfall today for their bronze medal triumph at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics |
National shuttlers, coaches rewarded for Olympic, Paralympic medal win
BERAMA
9/9/2021
KUALA LUMPUR − National men’s doubles pair, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, received a windfall today for their bronze medal triumph at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics, totalling RM180,000.
The Olympic debutants received a reward of RM120,000 from Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and another RM60,000 from 100plus in a brief ceremony held at Akademi Badminton Malaysia (ABM) Bukit Kiara.
The men’s doubles coaching department, led by Flandy Limpele, also received RM30,000 from BAM for the success.
BAM president, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria, also announced that Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist, Cheah Liek Hou, who is under quarantine after returning from Japan on Monday, will be handed a RM200,000 incentive, while his coach, Datuk Rashid Sidek, will receive RM50,000.
The pair of Aaron-Soh secured the bronze after beating second-seeded Indonesian pair, Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan, 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in the bronze medal decider at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on July 31.
On the other hand, Cheah, who emerged as the first ever Paralympics badminton champion as the racquet sport made its debut at the
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Tokyo Games, upset world number one, Dheva Anrimusthi, of Indonesia, 21-17, 21-15 in the men's singles SU5 category at the Yoyogi National Stadium on September 4.
“BAM acknowledges the hard work, commitment and sacrifice of the team; these players left it all in the court and were fighting for the pride and glory of our beloved Jalur Gemilang (national flag). (The pair of) Aaron-Soh are now only the sixth Olympic medal winners in badminton.
“Previously, the players had to perform at the age of around 26-27, but now we have an Olympic medallist at the young age of 24. So, we are maintaining a younger senior team, and at the same time, we have established a young elite squad made up of juniors, that will compete with the seniors and independent players at the same tournament,” said Norza.
Norza added that the national badminton governing body will be looking into reviewing salaries and bonuses for the players and coaches quarterly, based on their performance and world ranking.
“For instance, I am looking at 100 percent increase for the salary of the players and their bonuses, if they meet within the bracket of the top 10. For example, if they’re earning RM15,000 now, and if they’re top two in the world, they will soon get RM30,000 a month.
“But we also need to maintain status quo for some because we want to make sure our players are all fighting for the top 10 bracket, basically, it is also includes their benefits, business class (flight) tickets and all those things,” he explained.
“At this high-performance centre (the academy), we embrace a new culture, that we will reward performance and take care of them, including welfare. The young players are showing determination and are inspired by Aaron-Soh’s success to do better,” he added.
Norza also revealed that, in a meeting with players and coaches prior to the Olympics, he had promised to hand out RM1 million in incentive for each − regardless of singles or doubles event − should they clinch the elusive gold.
“BAM acknowledges the hard work, commitment and sacrifice of the team; these players left it all in the court and were fighting for the pride and glory of our beloved Jalur Gemilang (national flag). (The pair of) Aaron-Soh are now only the sixth Olympic medal winners in badminton.
“Previously, the players had to perform at the age of around 26-27, but now we have an Olympic medallist at the young age of 24. So, we are maintaining a younger senior team, and at the same time, we have established a young elite squad made up of juniors, that will compete with the seniors and independent players at the same tournament,” said Norza.
Norza added that the national badminton governing body will be looking into reviewing salaries and bonuses for the players and coaches quarterly, based on their performance and world ranking.
“For instance, I am looking at 100 percent increase for the salary of the players and their bonuses, if they meet within the bracket of the top 10. For example, if they’re earning RM15,000 now, and if they’re top two in the world, they will soon get RM30,000 a month.
“But we also need to maintain status quo for some because we want to make sure our players are all fighting for the top 10 bracket, basically, it is also includes their benefits, business class (flight) tickets and all those things,” he explained.
“At this high-performance centre (the academy), we embrace a new culture, that we will reward performance and take care of them, including welfare. The young players are showing determination and are inspired by Aaron-Soh’s success to do better,” he added.
Norza also revealed that, in a meeting with players and coaches prior to the Olympics, he had promised to hand out RM1 million in incentive for each − regardless of singles or doubles event − should they clinch the elusive gold.
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