thoughts escaping my mind
Two bronzes, a silver and a gold. All thanks to Laurentia Tan (Equestrian) and Yip Pin Xiu (Swimming).
After so much fanfare, crowd support, media coverage, financial support for the Olympics team, the performances from the lesser known disabled sportsmen, is truly something to be admired.
There were no tears like cry baby ping pong player Gao Ning who blamed his coach for not being court side to help him defeat his opponent.
I was just thinking about my post where I mentioned that Singapore needs a national sport – something that Singaporeans naturally would be motivated to play because they simply love it.
It seemed ping pong was the answer. Singapore has invested so much into the sport. Our entire team has been transplanted out of their home country and away from their families for our selfish desire for a medal. And now, we actually have a silver medal after our 48 year drought.
While others are asking when the next medal will come, the question I think is more important is who is going to win it. I said, hopefully, it’ll be a born in Singapore Singaporean.
But now, I’m not so sure. Not so sure that ping pong should be our national sport.
Yesterday, I watched two matches in two fields of sport, involving two countries who made it to the finals of that sport for the very first time.
I’m talking about Singapore in the team ping pong finals and Malaysia in the men’s singles badminton finals.