We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

[MW]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Yes, individual and group and if we lose any, we will blame everyone and maybe can get Special Medal like the one they wanted to give the south Korean fencer

 

[VolanteDB9]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Tianwei

Feng Tianwei was born on 31 August 1986[4] in Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.[5] She is the only daughter of Feng Qingzhi, a granary worker, and his wife Li Chunping, an employee of a department store. Feng's parents, who were poor, lived frugally for years to pay for her table tennis training. Her father suffered from multiple sclerosis, but she was not told how severe his illness was. He died in 2002, weeks before Feng tried out for China's national B squad. Although Feng topped the qualifying matches a month later and was called up for the national team in 2003, she suffered from a long illness; a source close to her said it was "because she missed her father too much".[6][7] Feng left China in 2005 to play in the Japanese professional league. While there she was spotted by Liu Guodong, then a coach with the Singapore Table Tennis Association, in 2006.[7] In March 2007 she was invited to train in Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. She became a Singapore citizen in January 2008.[5]
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putting Nationality aside.

can anyone not feel for this young lady?

My heart sank and my face burnt with shame for my countryman's behaviour towards this person's sacrifices.

can you not try to imagine how much she would like to share this win with her father?

our country is burning with these whiners haters cunts talking.

 

[golfgti]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Actually, if complaining was considered an Olympic sport... Singapore will sweep the medals for sure...

if overpaying for a car was an olympic sport, SG will sweep the medals for sure too gold silver n bronze.

 

[C3P0]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

putting Nationality aside.

can anyone not feel for this young lady?

My heart sank and my face burnt with shame for my countryman's behaviour towards this person's sacrifices.

can you not try to imagine how much she would like to share this win with her father?

our country is burning with these whiners haters cunts talking.

She sure is worth a lot of respect.

But people also not against her generally. More towards the policy.

 

[golilok]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

putting Nationality aside.

can anyone not feel for this young lady?

My heart sank and my face burnt with shame for my countryman's behaviour towards this person's sacrifices.

can you not try to imagine how much she would like to share this win with her father?

our country is burning with these whiners haters cunts talking.

seeing how she has improved
i actually respect her as an individual more than seeing her as a national glory
the olympics is savouring the best of sportsmanship, and she has outshined all of us

 

[MW]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Please lah, Feng is as Singaporean as any pure bred/born here..

When she lost her match, she blamed it on not being able to recover from the previous match 2 days ago..

Phelps went on to bag a few Golds in separate events within hours of each other also never complain..

That Gu lady also blamed her loss on the German referee bias,,

Typical Singaporean

 

[MRacer77]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Please lah, Feng is as Singaporean as any pure bred/born here..

When she lost her match, she blamed it on not being able to recover from the previous match 2 days ago..

Phelps went on to bag a few Golds in separate events within hours of each other also never complain..

That Gu lady also blamed her loss on the German referee bias,,

Typical Singaporean

Already they have learnt the art of complaining and blaming everyone but themselves... that's a sure sign of being singaporean.

 

[zorro]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Did u guys watch the Lee Chong Wei's badminton final match against Lin Dan.....Pure Msian and local bred/trained .....I believe all Msian should be proud of him......My entire family for cheering for him ......both of them have the same style of playing and the game could go to either one.....

 

[C3P0]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Lee Chong Wei boleh.

btw Zorro why don't you take part in fencing for Singapore since you are so good in poking with your sword?

 

[kenntona]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Did u guys watch the Lee Chong Wei's badminton final match against Lin Dan.....Pure Msian and local bred/trained .....I believe all Msian should be proud of him......My entire family for cheering for him ......both of them have the same style of playing and the game could go to either one.....

I felt like a Malaysian watching that game.

Silver but still a proud feeling for Malaysians.

Had a long discussion with a few friends over this subject, concluded that:

~ most of the resentment is not targeting at the foreign imported sports talents
~ the doubt has always been on an unidentifiable quick fix to a longer term problem
~ to some, akin to buying degrees from overseas universities
~ population size limitation is not a reason for lack of sports talent, discussed before.
~ high costs of living is not a reason too. Else we cannot compare to Swiss and yet cannot compare to Brazil too. Excuses.
~ non sports politicians running the show could be a reason. Wrong KPI. Quick fix. Quick results.

Can we have a Lee Chong Wei?

We already have a Remy Ong !!!

 

[wt_know]

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msia put a lot of effort in grooming local badminton player

started with the sidek family (single and double) > foo kok keong > lee chong wei >

 

[Solidgold]

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It has never happen to me before..A true born and bred Singaporean..cheering for Malaysian Badminton Lee CW last night. I remembered I will never do that in ASEAN or ASIAN games swimming meet even though Singaporean did participate in that particular event. Or to support the Malaysia football team playing against another nation. In many ways, we were rivals in the sporting scene.

But strangely last night, I rooted hard for him to win. Cheering every point he scored and every cross court smash he made. It is not because he was the underdog against the mighty Chinese who swapped every badminton medals in sight. I would have rooted hard for the koreans or the Danish or whoever who played against the Chinese if it was the underdog mentality. I did not!

Somehow deep inside, many fellow Singaporeans feel the connection. Found the answer to what a true sporting spirit is all about. That every sweat and pain on Lee CW face represented the Malaysian community and its people 100%. I don't think ONE single Malaysian in the cty was not proud of him last night!

 

[zorro]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

I will if you lend me your butt for me to practise my accuracy... I will mention your name if I get Gold in next Olympic Game...

Lee Chong Wei boleh.

btw Zorro why don't you take part in fencing for Singapore since you are so good in poking with your sword?

 

[DrK]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

To quote the late Deng Xiaoping - 'who cares what cat, black or white, as long as it can catch a rat, it is a good cat.'

Feng is a good and talented sportsman who put in alot of sacrifice and time in her stint to reach where she is today. Above all, she is a human who displays world-class fitness and finesse. That is what the spirit of Olympics is about, to celebrate sports achievement of a human being.

Nationality is should be a secondary issue. To me, it is propaganda for governments to show how impressive their nations are. It kinda miss the point on individual achievements.

 

[zorro]

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My family all Sporean were rooting for Chong Wei and I guess we prefer Malaysian Chinese to PRC...but I do like PRC girls with 34C 24 34.

I felt like a Malaysian watching that game.

Silver but still a proud feeling for Malaysians.

Had a long discussion with a few friends over this subject, concluded that:

~ most of the resentment is not targeting at the foreign imported sports talents
~ the doubt has always been on an unidentifiable quick fix to a longer term problem
~ to some, akin to buying degrees from overseas universities
~ population size limitation is not a reason for lack of sports talent, discussed before.
~ high costs of living is not a reason too. Else we cannot compare to Swiss and yet cannot compare to Brazil too. Excuses.
~ non sports politicians running the show could be a reason. Wrong KPI. Quick fix. Quick results.

Can we have a Lee Chong Wei?

We already have a Remy Ong !!!

 

[Oilman]

Re: We don't have athletes who are willing to make sacrifices: Tan Howe Liang

Feng is a good and talented sportsman who put in alot of sacrifice and time in her stint to reach where she is today. Above all, she is a human who displays world-class fitness and finesse. That is what the spirit of Olympics is about, to celebrate sports achievement of a human being.

+1. By the time she come backs from London, she may have three Olympic medals to her name... that's a lot! I don't think she cares which country she won them for.

 

[Meek]

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thanks for your support last night for Dato Lee Chong Wei... my whatsapp was going nuts last night with the minute updates and comments from all my singaporean frens! he did not win but put up an excellent game. got everyone gripping the edge of their seat having orgasms...

dato lee is well compensated for giving up an excellent academic record and an impressive corporate career, hence, he can totally focus on his game. apparently he is quite a car lover.... Pleasure News | Artists, Rock Stars, Celebrities Gossip News Uncensored: Badminton Superstar Lee Chong Wei with his Supercars

does FTW get such incentives, i wonder?

 

[wt_know]

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calling ABD (ah beng driver)

thanks for your support last night for Dato Lee Chong Wei... my whatsapp was going nuts last night with the minute updates and comments from all my singaporean frens! he did not win but put up an excellent game. got everyone gripping the edge of their seat having orgasms...

dato lee is well compensated for giving up an excellent academic record and an impressive corporate career, hence, he can totally focus on his game. apparently he is quite a car lover.... Pleasure News | Artists, Rock Stars, Celebrities Gossip News Uncensored: Badminton Superstar Lee Chong Wei with his Supercars

does FTW get such incentives, i wonder?

 

[Centurion9990]

Discount codes all sent!

 

[Dinosaur hunter]

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They can make more money than being in the government in the first place.......

No doubt about it. But then not all of them can be a good minister. Well it happens everywhere like we expect to have a few bad apples in a box of good apples. I just hope they spend more resources to groom local talent.