Monday, August 18, 2008

Phelps and Nadal Won, Chong Wei... lost!

Assalamualaikum...

Although Olympic still has another week to go, for me, it ended yesterday.

As expected, Michael Phelps won yesterday, taking his great haul of China to the unprecedented 8 Gold Medals, making him the most successful Olympian ever!

Next, Rafael Nadal cemented his new status as World's No 1 by winning tennis gold medal after he beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile by straight sets, 6-3, 7-6(7-2), 6-3.

The gold medal is the eighth title the Spaniard won this year, together with French Open and Wimbledon.

He put a stop to Federer's 237 successive weeks as World No 1 effectively today.

As usual, Vamos Rafa!



Lastly, Lee Chong Wei, the sole gold medal hope for Malaysia, crashed down easily to Lin Dan of China, losing straight sets, 21-12, 21-8.

Hmm, mixed result huh. I don't want to comment anything about Chong Wei (still hurt by the manner of his lost last night); but if anything, i would say, Beijing 2008 created new history, new height and new standard for the sports and the athletes; but apparently not for Malaysia...!


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