I don't want to say much regarding the big match between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan in the Olympic Badminton final tonite. Have selected two articles from the chief editor of the Star and Sinchew, words for Han Jian , former China Badminton great for sharing.
Let's forget about politics in Malaysia. Let's us pray for Lee Chong Wei and Hopefully he can bring back first Olympic gold to Malaysia.
Lee Chong Wei, you deserve our praise ........You have shown us what is the true meaning of "Malaysia Boleh".
Date : 17.08.2008
Time : 8.48 pm
TV Live telecast : Malaysia :RTM 1 & 2,Hong Kong : Pearl TV and ATV, China :CCTV 5
Internet Live : http://2008.sohu.com/
Live Results: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/BD_2008-08-17.shtml
Historical Record of Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan-4 win 8 loss
李宗偉VS林丹交手紀錄－－4勝8負
2008年湯杯半決賽(Thomas Cup) －－李宗偉 (勝）(Lee won)
2008年瑞士公開賽(Swiss Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2007年香港公開賽(Hong Kong Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2007年日本公開賽(Japan Open) －－李宗偉（勝）(Lee won)
2007年中國公開賽(China Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2006年香港公開賽(Hong Kong Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2006年澳門公開賽(Macau Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2006年台灣公開賽(Taiwan Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2006年大馬公開賽(Malaysia Open) －－李宗偉（勝）(Lee won)
2006年全英賽(All England) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2005年香港公開賽(Hong Kong Open) －－林丹（勝）(Lin won)
2005年大馬公開賽(Malaysia Open) －－李宗偉（勝）(Lee won)
Lee is our true Malaysian patriot
On The Beat
By WONG CHUN WAI
Lee Chong Wei and Misbun Sidek are showing how Malaysians can do so much if we put aside race and religion and focus on commonalities instead of differences.
LEE Chong Wei has to be the true Malaysian hero as the nation prays that he will deliver the first Olympics gold medal for the country. That would be the best National Day gift!
At a time when some of our politicians are spewing racist and intolerant religious views, watching our badminton hero keep the national flag flying is so refreshing and motivating.
Our champ: Lee has proven what sheer grit and training can do if we set our hearts and minds to doing something. On Friday night, the nation cheered as Lee made history by becoming the first Malaysian badminton singles player to reach an Olympics final.
The 26-year-old Penangite is now assured of at least a silver medal following his victory over South Korea’s Lee Hyun-il. The last Olympics medals were a silver and a bronze, won by badminton players Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock in the men's doubles and Rashid Sidek in the men's singles respectively at the Atlanta Games in 1996.
But it was the front-page picture yesterday that said it all – a victorious Lee hugging his coach Misbun Sidek.
There is so much Malaysians can do if we put aside race and religion and focus on commonalities instead of differences.
We can talk of being a global player only when we can devote our attention to competitiveness and excellence. The world waits for no one; and on the international stage no one will have the patience to hear any kind of whining.
Like Rashid, Lee has proven what sheer grit and training can do if we set our hearts and minds to doing something. They prove that Malaysians, regardless of their race, can make it at the international stage where the rules are the same.
Lee is now one step away from achieving greater history. Certainly, we all believe that the gold medal is on Lee's mind, not just the RM1mil incentive.
When he steps into the court today to face Lin Dan - currently the world's no 1 - he knows the whole of Malaysia is behind him.
For a moment at least, no one would bother to listen to the negativity expounded by some of our politicians.
Lee is our champion - not the self-declared champion of their races, the very same people who extolled the virtues of our education system in the name of nationalism and yet packed off their children overseas, even at primary school level.
Not the ruffians who cannot tolerate a divergence of views and forcibly broke into the Bar Council forum.
Or the self-proclaimed heroes of our respective communities who talk about patriotism but whom we suspect of squandering the nation’s wealth.
Then there are the self-appointed moral guardians who decide for us what we can hear or see from their narrow perspective, and they haven’t even become the government.
If Malaysians are disgusted by our politicians, they have plenty of good reasons for being so, and since Aug 8, many have been seeking refuge by following the Olympics.
From fencing to equestrian, where we have little knowledge of how the scores are awarded, these sports are making more sense to us than the silly antics of some politicians and activists.
Together with my family members and friends, we are ready with our Jalur Gemilang to support Lee and we fervently hope he will beat China’s Lin Dan.
We are Malaysians, and like the rest of ordinary Malaysians, we want him to bring back the best Merdeka gift for all of us.
Let’s set the mood for National Day by celebrating our diversity as an asset for unity and achievements.
Chong Wei, thanks for what you have done. Malaysia is proud of you; you are a true patriot!
By WONG CHUN WAI
Lee Chong Wei and Misbun Sidek are showing how Malaysians can do so much if we put aside race and religion and focus on commonalities instead of differences.
LEE Chong Wei has to be the true Malaysian hero as the nation prays that he will deliver the first Olympics gold medal for the country. That would be the best National Day gift!
At a time when some of our politicians are spewing racist and intolerant religious views, watching our badminton hero keep the national flag flying is so refreshing and motivating.
Our champ: Lee has proven what sheer grit and training can do if we set our hearts and minds to doing something. On Friday night, the nation cheered as Lee made history by becoming the first Malaysian badminton singles player to reach an Olympics final.
The 26-year-old Penangite is now assured of at least a silver medal following his victory over South Korea’s Lee Hyun-il. The last Olympics medals were a silver and a bronze, won by badminton players Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock in the men's doubles and Rashid Sidek in the men's singles respectively at the Atlanta Games in 1996.
But it was the front-page picture yesterday that said it all – a victorious Lee hugging his coach Misbun Sidek.
There is so much Malaysians can do if we put aside race and religion and focus on commonalities instead of differences.
We can talk of being a global player only when we can devote our attention to competitiveness and excellence. The world waits for no one; and on the international stage no one will have the patience to hear any kind of whining.
Like Rashid, Lee has proven what sheer grit and training can do if we set our hearts and minds to doing something. They prove that Malaysians, regardless of their race, can make it at the international stage where the rules are the same.
Lee is now one step away from achieving greater history. Certainly, we all believe that the gold medal is on Lee's mind, not just the RM1mil incentive.
When he steps into the court today to face Lin Dan - currently the world's no 1 - he knows the whole of Malaysia is behind him.
For a moment at least, no one would bother to listen to the negativity expounded by some of our politicians.
Lee is our champion - not the self-declared champion of their races, the very same people who extolled the virtues of our education system in the name of nationalism and yet packed off their children overseas, even at primary school level.
Not the ruffians who cannot tolerate a divergence of views and forcibly broke into the Bar Council forum.
Or the self-proclaimed heroes of our respective communities who talk about patriotism but whom we suspect of squandering the nation’s wealth.
Then there are the self-appointed moral guardians who decide for us what we can hear or see from their narrow perspective, and they haven’t even become the government.
If Malaysians are disgusted by our politicians, they have plenty of good reasons for being so, and since Aug 8, many have been seeking refuge by following the Olympics.
From fencing to equestrian, where we have little knowledge of how the scores are awarded, these sports are making more sense to us than the silly antics of some politicians and activists.
Together with my family members and friends, we are ready with our Jalur Gemilang to support Lee and we fervently hope he will beat China’s Lin Dan.
We are Malaysians, and like the rest of ordinary Malaysians, we want him to bring back the best Merdeka gift for all of us.
Let’s set the mood for National Day by celebrating our diversity as an asset for unity and achievements.
Chong Wei, thanks for what you have done. Malaysia is proud of you; you are a true patriot!
鄭丁賢‧馬來西亞的味道
我相信，李宗偉一定拿金牌。
或者說，不管今晚的決賽成績如何，在我心目中，宗偉都已經是冠軍了。
怎麼說？
看看他和韓國李炫一的半決賽，絕對是很高水平的競爭。
場上，兩人的球技和智慧，盡情揮灑；兩人的體力和腦力，相交激盪。
李炫一穩健準確的四角球，配合曼妙的網前落點，可以鎖死任何一流高手。
但是，李宗偉的動作刁鑽靈活，球路變化
難測，扣壓快低準，加上豐富的表現層次，略勝一籌。
而且，兩人都拼到底，把一切的條件和能力，都奉獻出來；讓大家看到一場已臻巔峰的競賽。
而另外一場半決賽，林丹對陳金。
兩人好像是在練球，好像勝負早已安排好。
我沒說他們打假球，倒是國際評述員一連說了三聲“strange, strange, strange”（奇怪，奇怪，奇怪）。
我的同事說，這哪像奧運會半決賽，倒像是林丹和謝杏芳傾傾我我，甜甜蜜蜜的在打情罵俏。
連場內最愛喧囂的中國觀眾，也難得的一片寂靜，大概大家都睡著了吧。
結果草草了事，林丹兩局輕取陳金。
當然，也是預料中事。
這種作風，即使拿了金牌，也少了體育精神，沒甚麼可以榮耀的。
回頭說比賽，聽一位朋友說，比賽時，他在南北大道上，來不及回家觀賽，只好駛到休息站，看看有沒有轉播。
到了休息站，一片人潮，馬來人、華人、印度人都有，大家都擠在小小的電視機前，為宗偉吶喊加油。
那一刻，他有一陣溫馨的感覺。
李宗偉勝了球，擁抱米斯本，還吻了球衣上的大馬國旗。
我想，那就是馬來西亞的味道。
韓健：匯集力量速度技術 決賽值得期待
雙方的表現可圈可點，出現不少拍數較多的攻防戰，兩種類型的球員，展現一場高水平的比賽。
著名教練韓健給予雙李第一局相當高的評價，他表示雙方表現很好，是一場高水平的比賽，並沒有存在什么問題。
李炫一是典型的技術型羽球員，以穩定發揮著稱，如韓健形容般，若對手未能把球打好，那他本身的穩定和技術即可打敗對手。
他說，在雙李對決的第一局，李炫一沉穩的展現技術型選手的特質，李宗偉則成功發揮自己的戰術，攻守皆佳，以自己的節奏拿下第一局。
急於求勝反敗陣
至于第二局，雙方表現有差距，韓健指出，李炫一穩定發揮，李宗偉急于求勝，只是單調的進攻，並未發揮自己的長處和戰術而敗下陣來。
“第二局，李炫一直發揮得很好，比數在5比5之后，就已經沒得看了。”
持平而論，若說第一局兩人呈現的是技術與力量速度的典型對決，那第二局就是一個反面教材，未能保持穩定和調適心態者，將會失去掌控全局的機會，老將李炫一給李宗偉上了一課。
李宗偉在第三局恢復第一局的表現，適當使用本身的戰術，打出力量速度型的特色，加上李炫一的體力下降，已無法阻止李宗偉拿下致勝一局。
進入奧運羽球決賽，李宗偉面對同樣是技術型的選手──林丹，這名世界排名第一的羽球高手不只有技術，還有李炫一所沒有的氣勢。
韓健認為這比賽贏面各半，李宗偉須全面發揮自己。
環視當今男子羽壇，以力量速度型佔有重要席位者，以李宗偉為代表，但技術型的球員卻不少，中國的球員近乎是屬于這類型，韓印亦是如此。
換言之，奧運羽球決賽也是技術型與力量速度的對決，是林丹證明技術型球員繼續稱霸，還是力量速度型球員登頂，答案就在明晚揭開。
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