Reflection : Sekaligus saja dimustikan berpakain jubah atau garabeya tutup 
aurat atau agar supaya pemiain badminton sulit digigit nyamuk.

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Badminton Bosses Drop Short Skirt Rule
May 29, 2011

Qingdao, China. Badminton chiefs on Sunday said they had indefinitely shelved a 
controversial new ruling forcing women to wear skirts or dresses after uproar 
from countries including China and India.

The new regulation, which sparked the worst internal wrangling in years and saw 
badminton gain unprecedented media coverage, had already been delayed once but 
had been due to come into effect on June 1.

The sport's governing body, the Badminton World Federation, met Saturday on the 
sidelines of the Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships in the Chinese 
coastal city of Qingdao to find a solution to the emotive issue.

Some players had accused the game's administrators of sexism, but badminton 
bosses countered that they were merely trying to boost the profile of the 
women's game and help attract more sponsorship.

"The BWF has accepted a recommendation from the Women In Badminton Committee to 
further study on the general clothing regulations and thereby not to introduce 
the regulations as currently drafted regarding the mandatory use of skirts or 
dresses," the BWF said in a statement.

Former world champion Nora Perry, who had been one of the brains behind the new 
ruling and is head of the Women In Badminton Committee, said: "It is our 
recommendation to (BWF) council to do further study before implementing new 
clothing regulations.

"It is still our intention to focus on a better presentation of the game, but 
we will like to broaden the scope to include both men and women."

A new proposal "with a broader scope", would be made in December, the press 
release said.

China, Indonesia and India were among a host of countries which had raised 
fierce objections, while in Malaysia, the opposition Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party 
(PAS) called for a boycott of tournaments.

The players themselves appear torn.

"I think it's a little bit ridiculous," Ragna Ingolfsdottir of Iceland, who 
chooses to wear a skirt because she finds it less restrictive, told AFP at the 
Sudirman Cup.

"Some girls here just want to wear shorts because they think it's more 
comfortable, so why make them wear skirts if they don't want to?"

Yun Peng, who was born in China but plays for the United States, said: "Before 
I wore shorts, but now I wear a skirt. There's not much difference, but I think 
skirts are good for the sport because girls look nicer, a bit like they do in 
tennis."

Agence France-Presse


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