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Azizulhasni Awang is only 20 years old. 12 years younger than Chris Hoy. He's definitely the one to watch in the coming years. He's good for the next 3 Olympics at least
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Final of the mens individual pursuit are up soon! New Zealand are guaranteed a silver medal! Its going to be tough to get the gold as the British are on fire
Yeah, the British cyclists are smoking the track! They've got 2 in the keirin finals!
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Both Malaysians in the Keirin only managed 4th in their 2nd round heats. Only top 3 in each heat qualify for final. Tough luck. Good job anyways!
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It's going to be an all-British women's final in the individual pursuit. Was the British track team this powerful in Athens?
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Great news for Malaysia! Josiah Ng has been promoted to 2nd place in Heat 3 since Roberto Chiappa of Italy has been relegated.
2 Malaysians in top 8! Malaysia Boleh!
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The Keirin has started.
Great job from Malaysia's flag bearer, Azizulhasni Awang! He won the 2nd heat defeating 5 others, including Shane Kelly to proceed to the next round.
4 heats altogether. Top two from each heat qualify automatically. Others have to fight it out in the repechage to see who will qualify next.
Malaysia's other cyclist, Josiah Ng is 3rd in the 3rd heats and goes into the repechage to see if he can go to the next round.
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I'd like to add to the most memorable moments...
The "human brushes" dancing and drawing as the scroll opens.
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DESCRIBING the Olympic gold as "his life", shuttler Lee Chong Wei has promised that tomorrow's men's singles final will see him fight to the death. World champion Lin Dan, the fanatical crowd at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium and even possible under-handed tactics will not stop Chong Wei in his bid to bring home Malaysia's first ever Olympic gold medal.
Chong Wei said he owes it to himself, coach Misbun Sidek and Malaysia to give the final his best shot, and more, as all have sacrificed to see him get where he is now.
The final means so much to me. I have sacrificed so much and this is, firstly, for me. My coach needs it too for he has been a pillar and Malaysia needs it because of the support I have been given."
It didn't escape Chong Wei's attention that tomorrow's final is his first in a major event.
"I know this, and this is all the more reason why I will take whatever China throw at me."
With Lin Dan, as expected, progressing easily with a 21-12, 21-18 win over compatriot Chen Jin, Chong Wei knows no stone will be left unturned to make the China star the champion.
"Let them do what they want to do because I am in the final and I will fight. The gold medal means my life and I won't chicken out. Malaysia can be assured of that."
Especially heartening was that Chong Wei never once spoke about the incentive - RM1 million for gold and RM300,000 for silver - and this intense focus could well see him slaying China's dragon Lin Dan on home soil tomorrow.
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The whole nation hopes so too!
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The British were awesome!
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Thanks! The whole nation is definitely happy. RTM even showed the whole match LIVE outside their coverage schedule.
RM1,000,000 (approx. US$330k) awaits him if he gets the gold. I'm sure he wants the title "OLYMPIC CHAMPION" more than the money.
Silver medalists get RM300k, Bronze medalists get RM100k.
Not too sure if Malaysia can medal in other sports... maybe Taekwondo and Cycling... I don't know.. but the possibility is there!
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woohooooooo! Malaysia Boleh!
Lee Chong Wei is in the final! Malaysia is assured of at least a silver and possibly a gold. Chong Wei is on FIRE!
Hopefully Lin Dan will be in the final so that we'll see the world's #1 & #2 battle it out for the best ever badminton match in Olympics history!
No #1 men singles player has ever won gold in the Olympics. Let's hope it stays that way!
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Congrats!
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Viktor Ruban of Ukraine defeated Korean archer for the gold!
Koreans lost both men's and women's individual gold.
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yup...
On a good day they can score such high scores... but they're inconsistent. Too bad.
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1st round of Men's Sprint Team Completed
Top 8 of 13 fastest teams qualify to next round.
Standings:
1. Great Britain
2. France
3. Germany
4. Netherlands
5. Australia
6. Japan
7. Malaysia
8. USA
Other teams who didn't qualify: China, Russia, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic.
Next round:
GBR vs USA
FRA vs MAS
GER vs JPN
NED vs AUS
Great job, Malaysia!
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Malaysia just defeated Greece in the 1st round.
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Starts today...
Men's Sprint medalists to be decided today.
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Malaysia has 2 divers in the women's 3m springboard currently in progress.. Not much hope there... just a semifinal target.
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Malaysia's archer Cheng Chu Sian just defeated Korea's Olympic Record Holder. He will meet a Russian in th QF.
There will only be one Korean in the men's QF. The other Korean was defeated by an American.
The QF matches start at 4pm.
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The cauldron looks great up there! Blends well with the rim of the nest.
The stadium looks so massive.
The top sprinters were jogging their way through to the 2nd round and still timed at about 0.3s - 0.4s off their best. It just shows how much effort is required to run just a tad bit faster.
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CHN's female archer defeated 3 KORs in QF, SF, and F to win the GOLD!
Gold - CHN
Silver - KOR
Bronze - KOR
She also tied the Olympic record score in the SF. Great job!
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I've had similar accident before, although not while lifting weight. I was swinging from a bar and fell. The next thing I knew, my right arm were twisted exactly like that. I remembered that it was not so much of the pain but the shock to see what had happened.
Took me 2 weeks to recover.
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Lee Chong Wei showed why he's Malaysia's best bet for gold with an impressive 21-9, 21-11 win against INA's Sony Dwi Kuncoro, the Athens' bronze medalist.
Chong Wei will meet either Bao Chunlai CHN or Lee Hyung-Il KOR in the SF.
Track Cycling
in Beijing 2008 Summer Games
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GBR won gold again... this time the individual pursuit. Great race by the Kiwi