Olympics, See You In Brazil

The 2012 London Olympics ended at 4am, early in the hazy morning of 13 August (Malaysia Time). I was always excited about the games, although my country, Malaysia, had only gotten a silver and a bronze medal this year, thanks to Dato' Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong respectively.

After 4 years of the Beijing Olympic Games in the year 2008, we got the London Olympics this year and it had ended on the 12th of August, which was yesterday. The medals list was led by United States, which had beaten China with the result of 45 gold medals to China's 38 gold medals.

Malaysia had only win six medals in the history of Olympics. The first one was a bronze medal in the year of 1992, a silver medal and a bronze medal in 1996, a silver medal in 2008 and we got two medals this year. Our country had won five medals in badminton events including this year, and diving, is the second event to win a medals in Olympics.

Dato' Lee Chong Wei, had win two silver medals for Malaysia in 2008 and 2012. The Princess Of Diving of Malaysia, Pandelela Rinong, was our pride to win a bronze medal just at the age of 19. Her medal in Olympics had proven her ten years of hard work and talent.

The next Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil four years from now. The Olympics flame went out in London yesterday night and all eyes turned to Rio, which will be the first South American city to host the games. Stadiums and courts are being built in Rio. Four years is a long time to wait. Hope Dato' Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong and many more athletes of Malaysia can win more medals in the next Olympic games in 2016.

By,
Euan Thum.

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