Malaysia Boleh!

The Beijing Olympics 2008 starts today!

There will be plenty of sports action on Astro, and I am so loving it.

These are what I got after I Googled "Interesting Facts on the Olympics"

1) The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of

gold were awarded in 1912.

2) When choosing locations for the Olympic Games, the IOC specifically gives the honor of holding the Games to a city rather than a country.

(For eg; It’s Beijing 2008, not China 2008)

3) Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at

the second modern Olympic Games.

4) The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek root "gymnos" meaning nude; the literal meaning of "gymnasium" is "school for naked exercise." Athletes in the ancient Olympic Games would participate in the nude. (OMG!)

5) The Olympic torch is designed to withstand winds of up to 65 kms per hour.

6) Larrisa Latynina, a gymnast from the former Soviet Union,

finished her Summer Olympic Games career with 18 total medals—by far the most in history.

Facts on Malaysia at 2008 Olympics:

1) Malaysia has a total of 33 athletes in Beijing.

2)The Malaysian contingent sent to Beijing was the biggest since 1956.

3)The sports we are competing in are aquatics (diving and swimming), archery, athletics, cycling, sailing, shooting, taekwondo, weightlifting and of course, badminton.

As we all ought to have known,

Malaysia have never won a gold medal in the entire history of the Olympics.

The best we ever had was a silver, won by Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock in 1996.

Kudos to them.

But....

That was like, more than one decade ago!

This time around (like every other time I suppose),

our best bet for a medal is in badminton...

But it is obviously not any easier if not much harder for our shuttlers.

Lin Dan and Co will be having a home ground advantage,

and let’s not forget the South Koreans, Indonesians and even the Danes and Japanese.

Basically the whole world. LOL.

It’s toughhhhhh and tougherrrrrrrrr-er!

But they say, you can only be the best if u beat the best!

All we can do is to NOT lose faith in our players.

They need our support and I am going to make sure they get mine :)

C'mon Malaysia!