All About London Olympics and Paralympics 2012
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concern2:
Singapore seems to be reasonable competitive at the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games...so athletic success isn't completely alien or new-found here. I think it just needs to \"raises its own bar\" of quality in the areas where it has achieved success in those regional \"subsets of the Olympics\". If tiny Grenada and impoverished Dominican Republic can score golds (as they did this year in London), I am pretty confident that Singapore can do it too...in the reasonably near future.
In your opinion, what do you think Singapore could do to get there?usa-sing-1:
China in now what the old Soviet Union used to be in terms of world sports, especially the Olympics. Like the old Soviet Union, it has a government-sponsored training program and hand picks promising athletes for world-class development. In post-Soviet Russia, however, that program has disintegrated so they are only a shadow of what they once were. In the USA, there is no government-driven program at all...every sport operates rather independently and sets its own criteria regarding who makes the team or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_at_the_Asian_Games
http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Singapore_at_the_2009_Southeast_Asian_Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_at_the_Commonwealth_Games -
con't imaginary conversation on d podium:
FTW : want to join me in Singapore ? you could have gotten S$1m with your gold if you had joined me in Singapore! Told you last time .......
LXX : :censored: :censored:
LXX : I will be getting a house, land n adulation fr $1.3 billion Chinese, ni ne?
FTW : :censored: d SGreans r ungrateful!
FTW : please lar, where got $1.3 billion for your house and land, zhun bo ? if zhun har, I balek kampung :moneyflies: :censored:
LXX : picky aren't u? I meant to say 1.3 billion Chinese ppl, not $(money-faced) 1.3 billion! ni ma de......[/quote]
FTW : oh my sky !
LXX (in perfect accented American English) : wat kind of English is ddaaat!
FTW : :oops: Chinese-infused English. Pick up fr KSP. -
usa-sing-1:
If countries with smaller pop can do it with much lesser or no monetary incentives,
Singapore seems to be reasonable competitive at the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games...so athletic success isn't completely alien or new-found here. I think it just needs to \"raises its own bar\" of quality in the areas where it has achieved success in those regional \"subsets of the Olympics\". If tiny Grenada and impoverished Dominican Republic can score golds (as they did this year in London), I am pretty confident that Singapore can do it too...in the reasonably near future.concern2:
In your opinion, what do you think Singapore could do to get there?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_at_the_Asian_Games
http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Singapore_at_the_2009_Southeast_Asian_Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_at_the_Commonwealth_Games
inferior infrastructure n sometimes no proper coaching, why can't we when we r better/hv more in all these aspects? -
Way2GO:
FTW : oh my sky !con't imaginary conversation on d podium:
FTW : want to join me in Singapore ? you could have gotten S$1m with your gold if you had joined me in Singapore! Told you last time .......
LXX : :censored: :censored:
LXX : I will be getting a house, land n adulation fr $1.3 billion Chinese, ni ne?
FTW : :censored: d SGreans r ungrateful!
FTW : please lar, where got $1.3 billion for your house and land, zhun bo ? if zhun har, I balek kampung :moneyflies: :censored:
LXX : picky aren't u? I meant to say 1.3 billion Chinese ppl, not $(money-faced) 1.3 billion! ni ma de......
LXX (in perfect accented American English) : wat kind of English is ddaaat!
FTW : :oops: Chinese-infused English. Pick up fr KSP.[/quote]
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: you guys having fun huh...compose your own story.. :siao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: -
Way2GO:
advanced amenities hinder progress and development in this sense
If countries with smaller pop can do it with much lesser or no monetary incentives,
inferior infrastructure n sometimes no proper coaching, why can't we when we r better/hv more in all these aspects?
the kenyan and jamaican ran without shoes for their life, hence their record breaking is just a normal way of life in survival in day to day living
if the kids can walk 2hours each way to / from school in the outbacks of china, sure they will become good runners by singapore standard anytine -
verykiasu2010:
being chased by Hyena... :rotflmao:
advanced amenities hinder progress and development in this senseWay2GO:
If countries with smaller pop can do it with much lesser or no monetary incentives,
inferior infrastructure n sometimes no proper coaching, why can't we when we r better/hv more in all these aspects?
the kenyan and jamaican ran without shoes for their life, hence their record breaking is just a normal way of life in survival in day to day living
if the kids can walk 2hours each way to / from school in the outbacks of china, sure they will become good runners by singapore standard anytine -
vlim:
That is how they can feel like comrades.... :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: you guys having fun huh...compose your own story.. :siao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:Way2GO:
con't imaginary conversation on d podium:
FTW : want to join me in Singapore ? you could have gotten S$1m with your gold if you had joined me in Singapore! Told you last time .......
LXX : :censored: :censored:
LXX : I will be getting a house, land n adulation fr $1.3 billion Chinese, ni ne?
FTW : :censored: d SGreans r ungrateful!
FTW : please lar, where got $1.3 billion for your house and land, zhun bo ? if zhun har, I balek kampung :moneyflies: :censored:
LXX : picky aren't u? I meant to say 1.3 billion Chinese ppl, not $(money-faced) 1.3 billion! ni ma de......
FTW : oh my sky !
LXX (in perfect accented American English) : wat kind of English is ddaaat!
FTW : :oops: Chinese-infused English. Pick up fr KSP. -
vlim:
being chased by Hyena... :rotflmao:[/quote] :rotflmao: I walk my kids everyday, and I did wonder what's the missing formula, now I know! :rotflmao:
advanced amenities hinder progress and development in this senseverykiasu2010:
[quote=\"Way2GO\"]
If countries with smaller pop can do it with much lesser or no monetary incentives,
inferior infrastructure n sometimes no proper coaching, why can't we when we r better/hv more in all these aspects?
the kenyan and jamaican ran without shoes for their life, hence their record breaking is just a normal way of life in survival in day to day living
if the kids can walk 2hours each way to / from school in the outbacks of china, sure they will become good runners by singapore standard anytine -
Way2GO:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:con't imaginary conversation on d podium:
FTW : want to join me in Singapore ? you could have gotten S$1m with your gold if you had joined me in Singapore! Told you last time .......
LXX : :censored: :censored:
LXX : I will be getting a house, land n adulation fr $1.3 billion Chinese, ni ne?
FTW : :censored: d SGreans r ungrateful!
FTW : please lar, where got $1.3 billion for your house and land, zhun bo ? if zhun har, I balek kampung :moneyflies: :censored:
LXX : picky aren't u? I meant to say 1.3 billion Chinese ppl, not $(money-faced) 1.3 billion! ni ma de......
FTW : oh my sky !
LXX (in perfect accented American English) : wat kind of English is ddaaat!
FTW : :oops: Chinese-infused English. Pick up fr KSP.
Aiyo, where got so complicated one? Should be this:
FTW: Remember last time we were on a podium like this? Deja vu, don't you think?
LXX: ------ (not replying but thinking: Shhhhh! Let me enjoying this moment while I can! Donno go back what people are going to say this time!) -
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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