Why Carolina Marin is allowed to train with Indonesia national team

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Carolina Marin is very well known in Indonesia. (photo: AFP)

Jakarta: Indonesian media has called into question the merits of allowing World No. 1 women’s singles shuttler Carolina Marin from Spain and Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland to train with Indonesia’s national badminton team.Carolina Marin is very well known in Indonesia. (photo: AFP)

In response, deputy secretary general of PBSI Achmad Budiharto tried to play down the seriousness of it all, but stressed this could create a win win situation to all parties.

“They are world’s top players. This way, our players get a chance to play with them in training, while it may be hard to find a chance to play against them in official tournament,” said Budiharto.

World champion Carolina Marin has also previously been practicing with Indonesia’s national team in 2013 and 2015. Both Marin and World No. 17 Kirsty Gilmour are currently joining the Indonesia national team in preparation for the BCA Indonesia Open Superseries Premier 2016 that will be held from May 30, 2016 to June 5, 2016.

Budiharto also implied that PBSI have actually hesitated whether or not to grant permission to the foreign players to train with the Indonesia national team.

“Well, if you really want to treat them badly, it’s better not to allow them any sort of training so that they will perform poorly in the Indonesia Open,” added Budiharto.

Budiharto also reiterated that by allowing Marin and Gilmour to practice in Indonesia, Indonesian players will also be allowed to practice in Spain and Scotland should they ever compete in those countries. This would be important especially Spain will host the World Junior Championships in November of 2016 and Scotland will host the 2017 World Championships.

“Ultimately, there are more pros than cons for allowing those players to train here,” said Budiharto.

Few days ago, Australia women’s doubles pair Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville had also trained with Indonesia’s national team.

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