Lee Yong Dae joins SOLIBAD and gives racket for auction

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Raphaël Sachetat
– September 1, 2010Posted in: news
Korea’s jewel Lee Yong Dae made public in Paris his will to join SOLIBAD – Badminton Without Borders – as the Ambassador for Korea. The Korean shuttler, who is a […]

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Korea’s jewel Lee Yong Dae made public in Paris his will to join – Badminton Without Borders – as the Ambassador for Korea. The Korean shuttler, who is a star in his own country and indeed throughout Asia, said he was keen on helping the foundation with its various projects.

His first gesture was to offer his own racket for auction with all benefits going to SOLIBAD.

The racket is being put to auction on September 11th and the auction will end on September 11th at 2 PM Paris time (8 PM in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and 9 PM in Seoul), on Yong Dae’s birthday.

To see and participate in the auction, click HERE

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Tago Kenichi also joins the SOLIBAD family.

The Yonex All England runner-up will be the Ambassador for Japan as the upcoming Yonex Japan Open 2010 is the first Super Series labelled SOLIBAD with various actions during the week of the event, held in Tokyo from September 21st to 26th.

“I am glad to be part of SOLIBAD with other great stars and I hope I can make the association grow in Japan”,  said the 2010 Yonex All England finalist.

Tago Kenichi will join other Solibad Ambassadors such as Pi Hongyan (Global Ambassador), Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia), Saina Nehwal (India), Koo Kien Keat (Malaysia), Jan Jorgensen (Denmark), Zhou Mi (Hong Kong), Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam), Nathan Robertson (England), Lee Yong Dae (Korea) and many other top shuttlers.

More information on www.solibad.net

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