Assalamualaikum and welcome to Sporty Saturday for today. I'M BACK!!! TADAIMA!!! Actually I'm planning to write this Sporty Saturday last night, but I went to Tarawih and came home late. I went straight to bed after I arrived home. Nonetheless, it's still Saturday in USA, so it is still Saturday for them. I just want to talk about our golden hope, Lee Chong Wei (LCW).

If you remember, I have wrote before that LCW don't have any pressure in this edition of Olympic despite this is maybe his last appearance in Olympic. Read it here if you forgot. But it was in Malay language. There is no high hope from Malaysian to LCW as we know that he suffer TWO major injuries before this Olympic. So, we know he might not get to play to his maximum capability. However based on the semifinal match against Chen Long, he seems okay and fired up to play in this Olympic. As I was said above, I never saw LCW so fired up, shouting and such. Usually I only saw Koo Kien Kiat did that. It show how determined LCW to grab his and Malaysia first gold medal in Olympic. He will play against the same opponent last 4 years also in the final, Lin Dan from China, his arch-nemesis. Lets just keep hoping Dato' LCW will succeed this time.


As for Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, I also manage to watch their match yesterday. But, they're to slow to build up their pace and lost easily in the first set. Second set was much better, but still the Chinese pair was much superior than them. I hope they didn't lose their focus and winning their bronze medal match this evening, 4 pm Malaysian time.

I end this entry with the list of Malaysian athletes who in action for today. Courtesy of Berita Harian Online

Badminton:
Men Single Final:
Lee Chong Wei (MAS) vs Lin Dan (CHN)
[8pm Malaysia/1pm London]

Men Double Bronze:
Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (MAS) vs Chung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (KOR)
[4pm Malaysia/9am London]

Athletics:
Women's 400m Hurdles (Round 1, Heat 2):
Noraseela Khalid [2am Malaysia/7pm London]

Men's High Jump (Group A Qualification):
Lee Hup Wei [2am Malaysia/7pm London]

With that, see you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea