Finally!!!

After two full weeks of struggling, I finally have some time to really blog about my thoughts again. Well, I must tell you that it's been a long two weeks since I've been struggling a lot. Let's report about something important that happened recently, Beijing 2008

Firstly, something significant that concerns Malaysians. Malaysia managed to get 1 Silver medal in the Olympics after missing out from the podium for so many years. The Silver medal was contributed by the then Lee Chong Wei (now Datuk Lee Chong Wei). Although Chong Wei contributed to the nation's ONLY medal haul, I must also highlight that he lost to Lin Dan in the finals after a 'hard fight' (one of the most one-sided badminton matches in a final of an Olympic). I expected that Chong Wei will lose in the finals when he beat Lee Hyun-il in the semi finals. From the way he celebrated the win against Hyun-il was as though he had won a Gold medal for Malaysia. That was the first sign of him losing to Lin Dan. When he qualified for the finals, he lost the hunger to win. That is the main reason for his downfall. Although Chong Wei and Lin Dan are both physically and technically equal, Chong Wei simply could not compete against Lin Dan when it comes to mental strength and hunger to win. Now that the Olympics is over and Malaysia singing his praise, I think that Chong Wei do not deserve to be honoured Datukship because deep down, I know he can win Gold

Now, let's move on to other highlights of the Olympics. Michael Phelps winning eight Gold medals, surpassing Mark Spitz as the man who won the most Olympic Gold medals in one Games. He is now the greatest Olympian of all time, having won 14 Gold medals in a total of three Olympic outings. Although he did not win any medals in his first outing in the Olympics, he won six Gold medals out of eight events in his second outing in Athens 2004. This time, he went the distance and won eight gold medals out of eight events. You can refer to Michael Phelps for his autobiography

Another person that I would like to highlight in this post is Usain Bolt from Jamaica (with a population of less than 3 million), the fastest man on Earth. Nicknamed 'Lightning Bolt', he definitely lived up to the expectations. In Beijing 2008, he surpassed the expectations set on him by winning three Gold medals in three events (100m, 200m and 4X100m). Not only did he win three Gold medals, he won them with style by setting three World Records in all three events. This says a lot about how good he really is at sprinting. You can refer to Usain Bolt for his autobiography

Now that I've highlighted to you about Jamaica's Usain Bolt, I feel sad when a country with the population of Jamaica can produce a triple Olympic gold-medallist when we, Malaysia have yet to produce an Olympic gold-medallist. With a population of 27.5 million people, we have failed to produce an Olympic gold-medallist. Jamaica has won more than 40 medals in Olympics and Malaysia has struggled to even get to double digits. The problem with Malaysia : we have failed to produce an athelete with the heart of a champion. Technically, I believe that these some of these atheletes (especially badminton) stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best in the world but mentally, we are a long way towards winning our first Gold medal.

I yearn to hear Malaysia's national anthem being played at the Olympics. After Beijing 2008, I'll have to wait for another four more years to get another shot at hearing our national anthem at the Olympics in London. Before that, I hope that squash will be declared as one of the Olympic sports. Hope we have a better chance of winning an Olympic Gold medal with Datuk Nicol David