In respect for the spirit of Olympics, I am halting on local political issues within this period of time to witness and cheer for the world class showing in the Beijing Olympic games.
Most people were waiting in hope to see for the first time, our national hero, Lee Chong Wei to win the first gold medal for the country. But everything seems to be over after 39 minutes, which saw the “Super Dan” outclassed Chong Wei in a one-sided encounter. I’m basically disappointed with his lost, and the much anticipation to see Jalur Gemilang and hear Negaraku in Olympics is again another unfulfilled dream.
Anyway, congratulations to Chong Wei for his effort to win this precious silver medal ending 12 years medal drought in Olympics. It’s a good gift for the nation’s 51st independence day.
Looking back at most of the sport events that Malaysia took part; a few hopeful athletes in archery and cycling are likely to shine at international level for Malaysia. They have shown their abilities to compete with other world-class athletes. In some events, they were actually so close to hold a medal yet so far in reality.
The mentality of the athletes is something that Malaysia should work on. We have many outstanding athletes at SEA games, some at Asian games and Commonwealth games but rare at Olympic games. Looking at their training program, I don’t think there is any doubt about their capability. But when mental is not willing, all the effort thrown out in training will just be a waste. We have seen how poor finishing due to weak mental kept the people’s hope to despair in many major competitions. Remember, billions of ringgit have been invested from our pockets for these athletes to represent the country. Speaking of athletes’ performance, instead of master planning a High Performance Sports Center, its better for the government to focus on the setup of a High Performance Mental Sports Center for athletes in Malaysia since that’s the major weakness in our sports.
Also, the incentive scheme in the form of cash for athletes is something that contributes to the downfall of some athletes, since money got more roots to evil than good. See how Mohd Hafiz Hashim undergoes a 360 turnover from his peak down to zero following his victory in All England. After all, to create a spoilt athlete is easier than to create a professional world-class beater, if reward is solely based on this type of irresistible “fast cash scheme”. If scheme is in the form of insurance or retirement plan, I believe that it will not directly cause such a huge drop in form for athletes to excel further. I also believe that with the current economic situation, its still better not to reward huge instance cash to athlete directly.
May be its time for Malaysia to consider promising athletes from other countries such as China to boost the competitiveness in our sports. Just see how Singapore is reinforced by their citizenised Chinese paddlers, who were able to steal some limelights in this Olympic. Speaking of imported athletes, it’s the current globalization trend in sports and the quickest way to spur the sport of a country to stardom.
With last medal prospect going to come from the Taekwondo exponents, we hope that they will do their best for the country, at least. Hopefully, Malaysia will outperform the current achievement in Beijing for the next Olympics. Who knows the gold drought ends in 2012.
Most people were waiting in hope to see for the first time, our national hero, Lee Chong Wei to win the first gold medal for the country. But everything seems to be over after 39 minutes, which saw the “Super Dan” outclassed Chong Wei in a one-sided encounter. I’m basically disappointed with his lost, and the much anticipation to see Jalur Gemilang and hear Negaraku in Olympics is again another unfulfilled dream.
Anyway, congratulations to Chong Wei for his effort to win this precious silver medal ending 12 years medal drought in Olympics. It’s a good gift for the nation’s 51st independence day.
Looking back at most of the sport events that Malaysia took part; a few hopeful athletes in archery and cycling are likely to shine at international level for Malaysia. They have shown their abilities to compete with other world-class athletes. In some events, they were actually so close to hold a medal yet so far in reality.
The mentality of the athletes is something that Malaysia should work on. We have many outstanding athletes at SEA games, some at Asian games and Commonwealth games but rare at Olympic games. Looking at their training program, I don’t think there is any doubt about their capability. But when mental is not willing, all the effort thrown out in training will just be a waste. We have seen how poor finishing due to weak mental kept the people’s hope to despair in many major competitions. Remember, billions of ringgit have been invested from our pockets for these athletes to represent the country. Speaking of athletes’ performance, instead of master planning a High Performance Sports Center, its better for the government to focus on the setup of a High Performance Mental Sports Center for athletes in Malaysia since that’s the major weakness in our sports.
Also, the incentive scheme in the form of cash for athletes is something that contributes to the downfall of some athletes, since money got more roots to evil than good. See how Mohd Hafiz Hashim undergoes a 360 turnover from his peak down to zero following his victory in All England. After all, to create a spoilt athlete is easier than to create a professional world-class beater, if reward is solely based on this type of irresistible “fast cash scheme”. If scheme is in the form of insurance or retirement plan, I believe that it will not directly cause such a huge drop in form for athletes to excel further. I also believe that with the current economic situation, its still better not to reward huge instance cash to athlete directly.
May be its time for Malaysia to consider promising athletes from other countries such as China to boost the competitiveness in our sports. Just see how Singapore is reinforced by their citizenised Chinese paddlers, who were able to steal some limelights in this Olympic. Speaking of imported athletes, it’s the current globalization trend in sports and the quickest way to spur the sport of a country to stardom.
With last medal prospect going to come from the Taekwondo exponents, we hope that they will do their best for the country, at least. Hopefully, Malaysia will outperform the current achievement in Beijing for the next Olympics. Who knows the gold drought ends in 2012.
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