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Team Singapore’s women paddlers pulled off a historic victory on Sunday, May 30 when they did what no other team could do for the past 19 years- they beat China in the women’s final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Moscow.
In a display of unerring confidence and determination, the team led by world No 2, Feng Tianwei, outplayed the Chinese 3-1 to clinch the gold for the first time in history.
Singapore Sports Council CEO, Mr Oon Jin Teik, paid tribute to the team for their hard work. "For the team to get to this level is not an overnight thing. They started preparing for this day since 2004." |
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Photo Credit:
Mikhail Voskresensky
REUTERS / Action Images
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Dear Readers,
It is less than 80 days to the Youth Olympic Games and many are surely expecting our swimmers to bring in the medals, as they have always done since time immemorial.
Let me share with you my own experience with swimming. I was a sickly child as a kid so my parents took me to swimming classes in hope that I would become stronger.
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Rainer Ng is Singapore’s backstroke specialist. The Raffles Institution student is the current holder of the national 100m backstroke record. At only 16 then, he broke Olympian David Lim’s 7,617 day record during the FINA Championships in Rome in 2009. He also smashed records at the 2010 “A” Division National Schools’ swimming championships.
A double-bronze medallist at the 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009, Rainer will be looking to pit his skills against the best in the world at the coming Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
The Play Times caught up with the affable youngster for a quick chat during his training break... |
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And boy, not only was I not sickly anymore, I took to swimming like a fish and am now quite an accomplished swimmer with a Gold star certificate.
Swimming is easy to learn and there are no age limits or restrictions, and the best thing about it is that you do not need any equipment and it is not expensive. All you need is a swimming pool, a coach and you are good to go!
With swimmers like Rainer Ng and Amanda Lim in our midst, I am certain that we can expect our swimmers to head out into the pools and create a splash, as they lead us to glory.
And while I will never be the next Rainer of Amanda, I will still cheer them on from the stands.
Go Team Singapore!
- Xiao D |
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