Asian Games!! DOHA~
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But its the truth. How do u compete with China in table-tennis, badminton, and now, swimming? Anyway, i thought I was seeing China Team A vs China Team B on Sunday final, with the exception of Tan Paey Fern.Originally posted by iceFatboy:for table tennis, after so much hype, our top woman players did not deliver again...
I am quite sad to hear that coach comments " China is no1, if we get silver, it means gold to us". So in that case, should we present the gold rewards to these gals??
and they were asking for ways to improve...
for me, do what they always do, ask China to keep top 3, we bid for top 4-6 players, the rest can go to New Zealand, Europeans countries... -
Can you all believe it?
I read the news today.
China has a bronze medal in (I forgotten which sport) and later it was changed for a Gold medal....... -
hardly any live telecast.
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Lee Jiawei's performance is off, but Sun Bei Bei's performance is great, even she lost. Up against a top player and a left hander, she played the game well.Originally posted by iceFatboy:for table tennis, after so much hype, our top woman players did not deliver again...
I am quite sad to hear that coach comments " China is no1, if we get silver, it means gold to us". So in that case, should we present the gold rewards to these gals??
and they were asking for ways to improve...
for me, do what they always do, ask China to keep top 3, we bid for top 4-6 players, the rest can go to New Zealand, Europeans countries... -
hmmm....li jing yu still our most chio athelete beating jasmine tan and li jia wei...
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Korean rider killed after the horse he was riding fell on him.
First death in the asian games in like 25 yrs?
RIP.
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Tao Li finally clinched a 'first' gold for swimming in 24 years for the republic. A fantastic result.
Swimming has been carefully nurtured by the SSC over many years and it's finally good to see some results. In the past, getting to the finals was the objective and i always felt it was way too modest. With our facilities and talent, it should have been directed to more demanding targets to spur us higher. -
is tao li a FT from china?Originally posted by BillyBong:Tao Li finally clinched a 'first' gold for swimming in 24 years for the republic. A fantastic result.
Swimming has been carefully nurtured by the SSC over many years and it's finally good to see some results. In the past, getting to the finals was the objective and i always felt it was way too modest. With our facilities and talent, it should have been directed to more demanding targets to spur us higher. -
Obviously...duh!Originally posted by dragg:is tao li a FT from china?
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i hate to say this.Originally posted by BillyBong:Obviously...duh!
its no big deal she won the gold for singapore.
but congrats to simon chua for the gold he won in bodybuilding. thats for singapore and singaporeans!!! -
Hmm, anyway, most of them representing Singapore are FTs.
Why bother setting up a sports school when in the end you're just gonna get someone from China (Who cannot get into their "first team") to represent you?
Just look at the Table Tennis team. From the coaches to the players. How many are Singapore-born Singaporeans? Hmm....
Cheers.
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table tennis got one local, badmintion got one...sailing and bowling, shooting all slingaporeans....Originally posted by CKeer:Hmm, anyway, most of them representing Singapore are FTs.
Why bother setting up a sports school when in the end you're just gonna get someone from China (Who cannot get into their "first team") to represent you?
Just look at the Table Tennis team. From the coaches to the players. How many are Singapore-born Singaporeans? Hmm....
Cheers.
C.K
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I don't feel so. Getting to the finals is an accomplishment, considering how tough the competition is.Originally posted by BillyBong:Tao Li finally clinched a 'first' gold for swimming in 24 years for the republic. A fantastic result.
Swimming has been carefully nurtured by the SSC over many years and it's finally good to see some results. In the past, getting to the finals was the objective and i always felt it was way too modest. With our facilities and talent, it should have been directed to more demanding targets to spur us higher.
For swimming, I feel our local talent is getting old. Most of them are in their 20s and their prime. By the next game, they would have hit early 30s and some will be nearing 30 years old. Compared with other countries swimmers, we definitely can't match.
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at the way China is winning the medals, I don't even think it is worthwhile to hold these games...
we may as well have olympics.. Asian Games is like a platform for China to perform. No purpose to SGP at all.
If you say we are sending our teams for exposure, I bet our soccer team got the most... why not our water-polo?
if we ever go back to plain old Singapore Singaporeans (SS) playing these sports, do we think we would fare any better?
considering we got bodybuilding, sailing and bowling, performing, and we just need to add more sports with SS. -
Remy lost his concentration because he was spent after the semi-final.
He got silver. -
we will bag 4 golds today, bring the tally to 7.
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the sailors are doing very well...
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yea.......hope they get us few more golds