Malaysian Silver

The hopes of an entire nation rested on his shoulders and I guess that it was a little too much to bear. As this was our country’s greatest hope for an Olympic gold medal, most of the Malaysians left in Cambridge gathered in my living room to watch the match and boy were we disappointed. It was so obvious from the beginning that it was a trashing, and not an even match.

For some reason, our Lee Chong Wei, was in horrible form today. The two of them have met each other many times in various international competitions. And it isn’t like Lin Dan won all of them. Chong Wei had defeated Lin Dan several times before. But today was not to be our day. Lin Dan was in superb form and trashed all our hopes and dreams. It was such a downer for me.

The support for Chong Wei is totally palpable. There have been so many blogs written about his semi-final match and people’s MSN messages were all in support of him. To think that the hopes and dreams of so many had been let down. I think that the manner in which he lost is a great contributing factor. We were all so depressed that he seemed to have given up hope. In the words of one of my friends, Chong Wei chuak liao. There were also accusations thrown of jampi and spiked food, entirely unsubstantiated of course.

I think that it is time to introduce squash as an Olympic event. Then, we’d be medal contenders for another game. Until then, better luck next time, to Lee Chong Wei! We are proud of you, nonetheless.