2016 - Olympics: Joseph Schooling Wins 1st Gold Medal for Singapore in 56 Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7fpcPGOOUI
Singapore-Malaysia ‘Schooling’ scandal? Sigh! All governments are the same in Sports …
At about 12.15am (Malaysian time, Aug 17, 2016) , I found in my WhatsApp sharing the URL to The Star report (Sports Section under Others) titled Perak schoolboy Schooling betters another three meet records.
The report was dated Sunday, 30 April 2006 | MYT 12:00 AM.
And, the WhatsApp coversation went like this:
"Everyone now wants to claim credit on Schooling’s Olympic gold medal. The Americans say he was trained there. Malaysians say his mum is from Ipoh. British claimed that his great grandfather was from Britain. Portugal claimed that his great grandmother was Portugal-Eurasian. China claime that he was 1/2 Chinese.
But the part comes from the Philippines. They say he brought is brought up by his Filipino maid.
Indonesia claimed that before the Filipino maid washed his Indinesian (sic) maid washed his backside.
Good question …
How did a Perak schoolboy (10 years ago) become a Singaporean Olympics champion today? (inserted was this URL
http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2006/04/30/perak-schoolboy-schooling-betters-another-three-meet-records/
The papers in Singapore said born and bred Singaporean.Only mom is Malaysian."
And this was found in a Facebook posting:
"15 August at 19:00聽路聽
馃敶A TRANSCRIPT FROM A SINGAPOREAN RETIREE AT YOUR DISCRETION馃敶
馃敶A MESSAGE TO THE HYPOCRITES & IGNORANT FOOLS馃敶
Fwd from a Singaporean retiree:
"As a nation, a people, a country, a govt., and as individuals, we did almost nothing to help Schooling get to the gold medal. We did not finance him, did not support him, the PAP choose not to groom and encourage this boy.
Very little of our money went to training him, and providing him the necessary support, compared to the millions we lavish on 3rd class athletes from China and elsewhere. Not only did we not support him, we almost killed his career by making him do NS. When I say we, I mean the 70% of the morons that supported and elected the PAP.
If his mother May did not fight MINDEF to get his deferment, he might still be in the SAF now doing NS. There was no mass petition from singaporeans calling for his deferment. there was no mass calling by the MPs to support him. There was no media support for him, and certainly no support from the Singapore National Olympics Committee for his deferment.
Instead, 2 angmos (one was his swim coach in University of Texas, Gregg Troy) and the other a technical director, Bill Swetenham of SSC, wrote in their support to ask for his deferment. Not one PAP asshole or Notable sinkie stood up for this boy.
But now that he won the Gold, everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon and be proud of him. I say that you don't have that right. Singaporeans have not earned the right to claim the limelight with him. Where were they went he needed them? Sinkies are really pathetic hypocrites.
Although I am born and raised in singapore, I am ashamed of our treatment of this boy, and I certainly cannot rejoice without a hint of embarassment that we as a people almost killed this great moment.馃敨馃敨" Only a Malaysian fought for him. His mom."(sic)
At about 12.15am (Malaysian time, Aug 17, 2016) , I found in my WhatsApp sharing the URL to The Star report (Sports Section under Others) titled Perak schoolboy Schooling betters another three meet records.
The report was dated Sunday, 30 April 2006 | MYT 12:00 AM.
And, the WhatsApp coversation went like this:
"Everyone now wants to claim credit on Schooling’s Olympic gold medal. The Americans say he was trained there. Malaysians say his mum is from Ipoh. British claimed that his great grandfather was from Britain. Portugal claimed that his great grandmother was Portugal-Eurasian. China claime that he was 1/2 Chinese.
But the part comes from the Philippines. They say he brought is brought up by his Filipino maid.
Indonesia claimed that before the Filipino maid washed his Indinesian (sic) maid washed his backside.
Good question …
How did a Perak schoolboy (10 years ago) become a Singaporean Olympics champion today? (inserted was this URL
http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2006/04/30/perak-schoolboy-schooling-betters-another-three-meet-records/
The papers in Singapore said born and bred Singaporean.Only mom is Malaysian."
And this was found in a Facebook posting:
"15 August at 19:00聽路聽
馃敶A TRANSCRIPT FROM A SINGAPOREAN RETIREE AT YOUR DISCRETION馃敶
馃敶A MESSAGE TO THE HYPOCRITES & IGNORANT FOOLS馃敶
Fwd from a Singaporean retiree:
"As a nation, a people, a country, a govt., and as individuals, we did almost nothing to help Schooling get to the gold medal. We did not finance him, did not support him, the PAP choose not to groom and encourage this boy.
Very little of our money went to training him, and providing him the necessary support, compared to the millions we lavish on 3rd class athletes from China and elsewhere. Not only did we not support him, we almost killed his career by making him do NS. When I say we, I mean the 70% of the morons that supported and elected the PAP.
If his mother May did not fight MINDEF to get his deferment, he might still be in the SAF now doing NS. There was no mass petition from singaporeans calling for his deferment. there was no mass calling by the MPs to support him. There was no media support for him, and certainly no support from the Singapore National Olympics Committee for his deferment.
Instead, 2 angmos (one was his swim coach in University of Texas, Gregg Troy) and the other a technical director, Bill Swetenham of SSC, wrote in their support to ask for his deferment. Not one PAP asshole or Notable sinkie stood up for this boy.
But now that he won the Gold, everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon and be proud of him. I say that you don't have that right. Singaporeans have not earned the right to claim the limelight with him. Where were they went he needed them? Sinkies are really pathetic hypocrites.
Although I am born and raised in singapore, I am ashamed of our treatment of this boy, and I certainly cannot rejoice without a hint of embarassment that we as a people almost killed this great moment.馃敨馃敨" Only a Malaysian fought for him. His mom."(sic)
A partial reproduction of The Star report:
"Other Sports
Home > Sport > Other Sports
Sunday, 30 April 2006 | MYT 12:00 AM
Perak schoolboy Schooling betters another three meet records
SEREMBAN: The youngest swimmers provided the highlights in the Milo-Pram National Junior Age-Group Aquatics Championship at Paroi Swimming Complex yesterday.
Seven meet records fell, five of them in Group 4 (for swimmers aged 10 and below).
Perak schoolboy Joseph Schooling smashed meet records en route to winning the 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke in the Group 4 category, taking his tally to four.
Schooling again erased the meet records set in 2000 belonging to Daniel Bego of Sarawak in both events.
He won the 50m butterfly in 31.48, bettering Daniel's time of 32.49. Schooling finished 0.04 seconds inside Daniel's previous mark of 1:14.89.
Schooling had also set two new meet records in the 200m individual medley and 100m butterfly on Friday.
Teammate Lau Zheng Rong also set a new record in the 50m breaststroke in the boy's Group 4 category.
Zheng Rong clocked 37.82 to erase Shahir Sulaiman of Kuala Lumpur's previous record of 38.25 set in 2001.
Schooling and Zheng Rong returned later to help the Perak relay team to win the 4x100m freestyle in a new record time of 4:39.02, smashing the 12-year-old meet record of 4:41.70 belonging to Sarawak …"
Now, the two most embarrassing questions:
For kiasu or kiasi Singapore: Was “Schooling” born and bred in Singapore?
For Bolehland (Land Of The Can Do) Malaysia: Did/How did Malaysia lose such a talented world class swimmer?
The reality in Sports: Most governments are the same. When you win, they zoom in to claim credit after contributing NOTHING to the athlete's growth and progress! The rewards in various forms may or may not come after the wins … sigh! Very sad indeed!
"Other Sports
Home > Sport > Other Sports
Sunday, 30 April 2006 | MYT 12:00 AM
Perak schoolboy Schooling betters another three meet records
SEREMBAN: The youngest swimmers provided the highlights in the Milo-Pram National Junior Age-Group Aquatics Championship at Paroi Swimming Complex yesterday.
Seven meet records fell, five of them in Group 4 (for swimmers aged 10 and below).
Perak schoolboy Joseph Schooling smashed meet records en route to winning the 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke in the Group 4 category, taking his tally to four.
Schooling again erased the meet records set in 2000 belonging to Daniel Bego of Sarawak in both events.
He won the 50m butterfly in 31.48, bettering Daniel's time of 32.49. Schooling finished 0.04 seconds inside Daniel's previous mark of 1:14.89.
Schooling had also set two new meet records in the 200m individual medley and 100m butterfly on Friday.
Teammate Lau Zheng Rong also set a new record in the 50m breaststroke in the boy's Group 4 category.
Zheng Rong clocked 37.82 to erase Shahir Sulaiman of Kuala Lumpur's previous record of 38.25 set in 2001.
Schooling and Zheng Rong returned later to help the Perak relay team to win the 4x100m freestyle in a new record time of 4:39.02, smashing the 12-year-old meet record of 4:41.70 belonging to Sarawak …"
Now, the two most embarrassing questions:
For kiasu or kiasi Singapore: Was “Schooling” born and bred in Singapore?
For Bolehland (Land Of The Can Do) Malaysia: Did/How did Malaysia lose such a talented world class swimmer?
The reality in Sports: Most governments are the same. When you win, they zoom in to claim credit after contributing NOTHING to the athlete's growth and progress! The rewards in various forms may or may not come after the wins … sigh! Very sad indeed!
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