(Photo courtesy of OCM's official website) Daniel Bego’s win as the Best Male Olympian 2009 is questionable. No fault of his but how did the Awards Committee of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) arrive at this?
Looking at the possible athletes who may have been a better selection, the U-23 national football team would have made a better winner and story. Why?
Looking at Daniel’s case, winning five gold medals at SEA Games level and breaking four records in the process is nothing to shout about. I mean, we had better swimmers in the past like Nurul Huda, Jeffry Ong and Lim Keng Liat. This is only the SEA Games, not Asian Games where the likes of China, Japan and South Korea are around. Swimming is also not in the doldrums unlike football. We have been producing good swimmers, year in, year out – only at SEA Games level.
On the football team’s gold, yes, nothing to shout about. But then, we have really gone down to the abyss of football, even at the SEA Games level. Winning the SEA Games medal after 20 years is a good start, and probably, a little glimmer of hope for the future. In case you never noticed, many team’s have made inroads at even the SEA Games level like Singapore and Vietnam while we slowly slipped down the pecking order.
Looking at the possible athletes who may have been a better selection, the U-23 national football team would have made a better winner and story. Why?
Looking at Daniel’s case, winning five gold medals at SEA Games level and breaking four records in the process is nothing to shout about. I mean, we had better swimmers in the past like Nurul Huda, Jeffry Ong and Lim Keng Liat. This is only the SEA Games, not Asian Games where the likes of China, Japan and South Korea are around. Swimming is also not in the doldrums unlike football. We have been producing good swimmers, year in, year out – only at SEA Games level.
On the football team’s gold, yes, nothing to shout about. But then, we have really gone down to the abyss of football, even at the SEA Games level. Winning the SEA Games medal after 20 years is a good start, and probably, a little glimmer of hope for the future. In case you never noticed, many team’s have made inroads at even the SEA Games level like Singapore and Vietnam while we slowly slipped down the pecking order.
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