Taufik dan Sony Bangkitkan Asa Emas


Athena, Kompas - Dua pebulu tangkis putra terbaik Indonesia, Taufik Hidayat dan Sony Dwi Kuncoro, membangkitkan harapan medali emas Athena 2004 setelah masing-masing melangkah ke babak semifinal, Rabu (18/8). Di perempat final, Taufik mengalahkan seteru beratnya, Peter Gade (Denmark), straight set, 15-12, 15-12, sementara Sony menumbangkan pebulu tangkis Korea Selatan, Park Tae-sang, juga dengan dua set langsung, 15-13, 15-4 (selengkapnya baca halaman 24 dan 38).

Wartawan Kompas, Arbain Rambey, dari Athena melaporkan, pada babak semifinal hari Jumat besok Taufik ditantang atlet Thailand, Polsana Boonsak, sedangkan Sony menghadapi Shon Sheung-mo (Korea Selatan). Di atas kertas, baik Taufik maupun Sony mampu mengatasi lawan-lawannya tersebut. Jika ini terwujud, akan terulang final sesama Indonesia seperti yang terjadi di Olimpiade Barcelona 1992. Kala itu, Alan Budikusuma dan Ardy Bernardus Wiranata bertempur di partai puncak. Alan kemudian menggondol medali emas, berbarengan dengan Susi Susanti yang merebut emas di nomor tunggal putri.

Susi dan Alan mengawali tradisi emas Olimpiade Indonesia di Barcelona. Setelah mereka, ganda putra Ricky Subagja dan Rexi Mainaky menggaet emas di Olimpiade Atlanta 1996. Tradisi emas kemudian berlanjut di Olimpiade Sydney 2000 lewat ganda putra Chandra Wijaya dan Tony Gunawan.

Di Athena, Indonesia yang diwakili 39 atlet dari 13 cabang olahraga berada di peringkat 29 (sampai dengan Rabu malam WIB), dengan hanya satu medali perak lewat pencapaian lifter putri, Lisa Rumbewas.

Selain Taufik dan Sony, Indonesia masih menyisakan sebagian kecil atletnya di Athena. Di antaranya adalah ganda putra bulu tangkis Flandy Limpele dan Eng Hian. Flandy/Eng Hian akan bertanding Kamis ini di babak perempat final menghadapi pasangan kuat Korea Selatan, Kim Dong-moon dan Ha Tae-kwon.

Selain itu, masih ada dua taekwondoin, Juana Wangsa Putri dan Satrio Rahadani, yang akan bertanding pada 26 Agustus mendatang. Di cabang atletik juga masih ada Supriati Sutono dan di cabang layar ada Oka Sulaksana.

Langkah Taufik dan Sony ke putaran empat besar relatif jadi mudah karena tumbangnya jago-jago China di babak-babak sebelumnya. Pebulu tangkis nomor satu dunia, Lin Dan, tumbang di tangan Ronald Susilo, atlet kelahiran Indonesia yang membela bendera Singapura di babak pendahuluan. Jago China lainnya, Chen Hong, menyerah di tangan Shon Sheung-mo. Unggulan lain dari China, Bao Chun Lai, gugur di babak kedua oleh Park Tae- sang yang kemarin dihantam Sony.

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hopefully we'll have an all Indonesian final.. wahahha.. that'll be cool..
please post anything related to Indonesia's progress and achievements in the Athens Olympics 2004

let's cross our fingers to have all Indonesian Final ...

WAY to go Taufik!


Taufik Lolos ke Final

Peluang kontingen Indonesia untuk merebut medali emas di Olimpiade Athena kini terbuka setelah lolosnya Taufik Hidayat ke babak final tunggal putra cabang bulutangkis. Taufik menempatkan diri di partai puncak setelah menyingkirkan pemain Thailand, Boonsak Ponsana, di babak semifinal, Jumat (20/8), dengan skor 15-9 15-2.

Pada pertandingan yang berlangsung di Goudi Olympic Hall itu, Taufik tampak masih terlalu tangguh bagi lawannya yang sama-sama bukan unggulan. Pemain asal Pangalengan Bandung itu sempat mendapat perlawanan sengit di set pertama, di mana Bonsaak mampu merapatkan skor hingga 6-6. Namun selepas itu, Taufik mulai mendominasi permainan sebelum ia merebut set pertama dalam waktu 29 menit.

Pada set kedua, Taufik tetap bermain tenang dan ulet. Ia mengandalkan kombinasi permainan cepat dengan reli dan smes menyilang untuk memimpin 6-1. Sementara itu Boonsak tampak sulit mengembangkan permainannya sehingga ia hanya mampu menambah satu poin saja.

Alhasil, Taufik pun dapat lebih cepat menyelesaikan set kedua ini. Ia menutup pertandingan set kedua dengan skor 15-2 hanya dalam waktu 18 menit.

Di final yang akan dilangsungkan Sabtu besok, Taufik akan menghadapi pemenang pertandingan semifinal lainnya antara Sony Dwi Kuncoro melawan pemain Korea Selatan, Shon Sheung Mo.

Jika Sony menang, pada partai tunggal putra Olimpiade dipastikan terjadi All Indonesian Final, dan kontingen Indonesia mengamankan satu emas dan satu perak.

Usai pertandingan, Taufik kembali menyatakan keyakinannya untuk merebut medali emas. Ia pun tak khawatir jika harus berhadapan dengan Sony. "Saya yakin bahwa saya dapat meraih medali emas. Saya tidak khawatir jika harus menghadapi pemain Indonesia lainnya. Saya begitu berhasrat untuk menang dan saya sudah cukup siap," tegasnya. (athena2004/ac)

huk..hiikk.... Mas Sony kalah hiiikkk.........
moga-moga kang Taufik bisa menang, hidup Indonesia raya euy!!!

11:15 pm SBS Melbourne
Olympic Games Athens 2004 - Badminton (75 mins )
Men's singles Gold medal match.

I dunno its live or not.

it's the only chance for Indonesia Raya to be heard in Athen Olympics!

its a shame that here in sydney SBS will not be broadcasting the men's final tomorrow. They chose to broadcast weightliftinbg and soccer (of which Australia is in)... They screened the women's single, men's doubles and will screen the women's doubles tomorrow..but they JUST had to leave the men's single. I'm disappointed... :bash:

maybe you have better luck with channel 7?
or... virginblue tix to melb maybe cheap enough hehehe j/k

I only watched the Korean play the men's double final last night on SBS

China won the Gold medal for men's single last night

china won gold medal for men single last night?
but the match have not even started yet.

Taufik just win the first round.

Originally Korea have a good start 7 (KOR) : 0 (INA)
But Taufik race until 7 (KOR) : 14 (INA) <- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At last Taufik won with 8 (KOR) : 15 (INA).

Back to TV now...

TAUFIK WIN!!!!!!!!!
INDONESIA WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
:) :) :) :) :) :)
pretty much one sided final for Taufik: 15(INA):7 (KOR)
woahhhh! the first gold medal after Alan Budikusuma in 1992.

Taufik currently world rank 12... if I am correct.. his rank will jump between 5 and 7 maybe.

china won gold medal for men single last night?
but the match have not even started yet.

Oops .. my mistake ..
I was thinking of women single before .. hehe ..

So now Indonesia has 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze ?? right ??

HIP HIP Hurrayyyyy!
Congrat Taufik, you're THE best! Finally our anthem played in Athens

ATHENS, 21 August - Comments from Taufik HIDAYAT (IND) after his 2-0 (15-8, 15-7 ) win over SHON Seung Mo (KOR) in today's Men's Singles Gold medal match.

Taufik HIDAYAT (IND)

On the match:

"I offer the gold medal to my trainer. My win and the gold medal is the best present for my birthday."

Indonesian Medals stand as of Aug 21:
1 Gold
1 Silver
2 Bronzes

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EDIT: Other pic

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So now Indonesia has 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze ?? right ??

Actually it is 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronzes....a total of 4 medals... :)

thats not too bad, but I think we won more in 2000, 1 G, 3 S and 2 B if i'm not mistaken.
Btw, congratulations to all Indonesians for winning the gold medal! :carrot:

Congratz on Indonesia's first Gold Medal in the Athens 2004 Olympics!:okay:

And let's hope taekwondo can give more medals also...

Taekwondo is on today !!

Taufik's victory surprises


Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Indonesian shuttler Taufik Hidayat's success in winning a gold medal in Athens has been a major surprise not only to Indonesian badminton enthusiasts but to the country's past Olympians back home.

With only the Asian championship as his major achievement this year, Taufik entered the Athens competition as an unseeded player. China, with his players topping the world's top three rankings had been expected to make a sweep.

The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) had been relying on three men's doubles pair to carry Indonesia's bid to maintain its gold tradition in the sport.

However, Taufik, whose tantrums and volatile emotion have many times put him in harsh criticism, battled the odds to crave what may turn out to be his most glittering career achievement. He overpowered Shon Seung-mo of South Korea 15-8, 15-7 in the final.

His rise to the peak, the second in the men's singles in 12 years after Alan Budikusuma did in Barcelona or fifth overall by Indonesian badminton team, has come to a big surprise at least to past fellow Olympic gold medalists.

"From the very beginning, I had never predicted that Taufik, with his temperamental style and unstable performance, could be as successful in the Olympics," 2000 gold medalist Candra Wijaya said when contacted by The Jakarta Post.

"He apparently managed to take everything under control, ...restrain his emotion. He could play in calm mode and he did not show any burden and ...won the game," Candra said.

Candra teamed up with Tony Gunawan, now taking a coaching-playing role for United States team, won Indonesia's only gold medal in Sydney in 2000 in the men's doubles event.

Indonesia also brought home sole gold medal from Atlanta 1996, courtesy of Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky while the team's two golds in Barcelona 1992 were contributed by Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti in the men's and women's singles.

Like many others, Candra tipped either one of the three men's doubles pairs in the Indonesian squad to follow up their predecessors feat, but he was proven wrong.

Sigit Budiarto and Tri Kusharjanto, Luluk Hadiyanto and Alven Yulianto crashed out in the early stages, leaving Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian in contention only to end up with a bronze.

"It is always difficult to predict the outcome in the men's singles match because players from many countries have equal strength.

"That is what a good competition should be, you will never know who is going to win," Alan said with reference to the surprise of exit of China's pre-tournament strong contenders Lin Dan, Chen Hong and Bao Chun Lai.

Indonesia won a second bronze Sony Dwi Kuncoro, who defeated Thailand's Boonsak Polsana.

Overall, Indonesia, which fielded 39 athletes in 13 sports, has collected a gold, silver and two bronzes. The silver was contributed by weightlifter Lisa Rumbewas.

"With Taufik's victory, we hope we can prove to the world that we're able to do it because so far people have underestimated us, saying that we haven't achieved anything good in the last few months," Alan said.

He said that right now it would be the right time for PBSI to prepare junior shuttlers for the next Olympic Games in Beijing so Indonesia could be able once again to prove the world that the country is a badminton powerhouse in the world.

Badminton gold medalist Taufik Hidayat (right) and bronze medalists (from left) Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Eng Hian and Flandi Limpele pose for photographers upon their arrival from Athens at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The Olympians were welcomed home on Tuesday by Agum Gumelar, chairman of the National Sports Council. JP/R. Berto Wedhatama

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BANDUNG--MIOL: Pahlawan bulutangkis Indonesia perebut medali emas dan perunggu Olympiade Athena 2004 asal Jabar, Taufik Hidayat dan Flandi Limpele diarak keliling Kota Bandung diatas kendaraan terbuka dan mendapat sambutan antusias sari warga Kota Kembang itu, Jumat.

Selain itu Taufik juga mendapat guyuran bonus senilai Rp135 juta dari Walikota Bandung H Dada Rosada serta para pengusaha di Kota Bandung.

Penyambutan Taufik Hidayat dan Flandi yang juga didampingi pelatihnya Mulyo Handoyo dan Ketua Pengda PBSI Jabar, Ir H Lutfy Hamid dilakukan sejak kawasan Situ Ciburuy Kecamatan Padalarang Kabupaten Bandung.

Selanjutnya Taufik dibawa dengan menggunakan kendaraan van dengan kawalan dari kelompok pengendara motor besar Harley Davidson dan Vespa. Sedangkan puluhan kendaraan berderet di belakang sang juara yang mendapat sambutan di sepanjang 10 kilometer perjalanan tersebut.

Taufik tiba di Balaikota Bandung sekitar pukul 14.00 WIB dan langsung disambut oleh Walikota Bandung, H Dada Rosada beserta jajaran teras Pemkot Bandung, DPRD Kota Bandung serta sejumlah tokoh Kota Bandung lainnya di Plaza Balaikota Bandung.

Kehadiran Taufik di Balaikota Bandung disambut dengan histeris pada ABG dari beberapa SMU di Kota Bandung yang sengaja datang ke tempat tersebut untuk menyambut kehadiran 'Pahlawan Muda' asal Pangalengan Kabupaten Bandung tersebut.

Taufik langsung diboyong ke 'Ruang Putih' Balaikota Bandung oleh Dada Rosada yang langsung terlibat percakapan yang cukup akrab antara walikota dengan Taufik yang difasilitasi oleu Lutfy Hamid.

Peraih medali emas tersebut tampak lebih banyak senyum dan sesekali menjawab pertanyaan Walikota Bandung. Pada kesempatan itu, Taufik juga mendapat perhatian dari para pengusaha di Bandung yang hadir pada acara tersebut dan menyampaikan selamat kepadanya.

Pada kesempatan itu Dada Rosada menyerahkan uang 'Kadeudeuh' sebesar Rp135 juta sebagai rasa gembira dan suka cita dari warga Bandung. Pada kesempatan itu juga harid Plandi Limpele yang sejak awal ikut dalam rombongan itu, Plandi juga merupakan atlet Jawa Barat asal Bandung.

Bahkan dengan nada guyon, Dada Rosada menggoda Taufik Hidayat dengan menanyakan kapan untuk menikah, yang hanya dibalas dengan tawa renyah lajang idaman aktris Deswita Maharani itu.

"Fik nanti kalau kamu menikah saya kasih mas kawinnya, yah," kata Dada Rosada sambil menepuk bahu jagoannya tersebut.

Selanjutnya Dada Rosada melepas rombongan. Taufik didaulat naik keatas kendaraan bak terbuka berhias bunga berwarna kuning yang menggambarkan kepala burung garuda yang siap terbang.

Ketua Umum KONI Jawa Barat, Drs H Eka Santosa ikut diatas kendaraan berhias bunga tersebut. Taufik Hidayat dan rombongan dilepas dengan lagu-lagu khas Jabar seperti lagu 'Pahlawan Muda', 'Manuk Dadali' dan 'Halo-Halo Bandung'.

Selanjutnya Taufik Hidayat diarak keliling Kota Bandung melalui beberapa jalan protokol di 'Kota Kembang' itu menuju Gedung KONI Jawa Barat yang disambut oleh para atlet PON XVI/ 2004 Jabar yang akan diberangkatkan ke Palembang pada Sabtu (28/8) besok.

Taufik Hidayat juga bertemu dengan Gubernur Jabar, Drs H Danny Setiawan.

Not Athens, but Angelique Widjaja has won all 3 of her matches in the Women's Qualifying rounds at the US Open.

i used to follow this girl development
she is declining due to injury
i think she is trying to make a come back now.

Thanks to his olympic victory, Taufik has jumped from no.12 to no.4! here's the full listing:
1 50906 LIN Dan CHN 9 3354 1 416.3 10 3770.3
2 9689 CHEN Hong CHN 9 2820 1 351.51 10 3171.51
3 6926 GADE Peter DEN 9 2661 1 302.7 10 2963.7
4 10337 HIDAYAT Taufik INA 9 2664 1 266.64 10 2930.64
5 50427 KUNCORO Sony Dwi INA 9 2529 1 287.62 10 2816.62
6 51274 BAO Chunlai CHN 9 2493 1 321.56 10 2814.56
7 11704 LEE Hyun II KOR 9 2451 1 334.32 10 2785.32
8 4240 WONG Choong Hann MAS 9 2457 1 327.93 10 2784.93
9 10183 SHON Seung Mo KOR 9 2427 1 267.83 10 2694.83
10 50170 SUSILO Ronald SIN 9 2394 1 205.56 10 2599.56

only 33 point under Peter Gade
Taufik only need to win one tournament to reach no 3 or 2, or even 1.

AS Juara Umum, Indonesia Urutan 48


Athena, Minggu

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Ketua Komite Olimpiade Internasional (IOC) Jacques Rogge menutup Olimpiade Athena 2004, Senin WIB dengan kontingen Indonesia di urutan 48.

Dalam Olimpaide Athena 2004 yang merupakan Olimpiade ke 28 ini, kontingen Indonesia meraih satu medali emas dari pebulutangkis Taufik Hidayat, satu medali perak dari lifter Lisa Rumbewas dan dua perunggu dari pebulutangkis Soni Dwi Kuncoro dan Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian.

Keluar sebagai juara umum adalah kontingen Amerika Serikat yang mengumpulkan 35 emas, 39 perak dan 29 perunggu. AS hanya unggul tipis dari peringkat dua Cina yang mengumpulkan 32 emas, 17 perak dan 14 perunggu. Cina menggeser Rusia yang menempati posisi dua pada Olimpiade Sydney 2000 ke posisi tiga.

Keunggulan tipis ini tentu saja akan memusingkan AS karena empat tahun mendatang kekuatan Cina akan semakin diuntungkan dengan posisi mereka sebagai tuan rumah penyelenggara Olimpiade. Apalagi di Olimpiade tahun ini, AS kehilangan dominasi terhadap cabang olahraga bola basket putra yang selama ini mereka kuasai.

Dalam upacara penutupan di stadion Olympia, Athena, ketua IOC, Jacques Rogge memuji kerja panitia Olimpiade Athena 2004. "Olimpik telah pulang ke rumahnya dan kami telah memperlihatkan kepada dunia apa yang dapat dilakukan bangsa Yunani," kata ketua panitia pelaksana, Gianna Angelopoulos.

Upacara penutupan dimulai pukul 21.15 di bawah sinar bulan purnama. Acara kemudian diisi oleh para penyanyi ternama Yunani seperti Charis Alexiou, Dimitra Galani, Marinella, George Dalaras, Giannis Parios, Chronis Aidonidis.

Perolehan medali terakhir:
1. Amerika Serikat 35 39 29
2. Cina 32 17 14
3. Rusia 27 27 38
4. Australia 17 16 16
5. Jepang 16 9 12
6. Jerman 14 16 18
7. Prancis 11 9 13
8. Italia 10 11 11
9. Korea 9 12 9
10. Inggris 9 9 12
11. Cuba 9 7 11
12. Ukraina 9 5 9
13. HUN Hungary 8 6 3
14. ROM Romania 8 5 6
15. GRE Greece 6 6 4
16. NOR Norway 5 0 1
17. NED Netherlands 4 9 9
18. BRA Brazil 4 3 3
19. SWE Sweden 4 1 2
20. ESP Spain 3 11 5
21. CAN Canada 3 6 3
22. TUR Turkey 3 3 4
23. POL Poland 3 2 5
24. NZL New Zealand 3 2 0
25. THA Thailand 3 1 4
26. BLR Belarus 2 6 7
27. AUT Austria 2 4 1
28. ETH Ethiopia 2 3 2
=29. IRI I. R. Iran 2 2 2
=29. SVK Slovakia 2 2 2
31. TPE Chinese Taipei 2 2 1
32. GEO Georgia 2 2 0
33. BUL Bulgaria 2 1 9
=34. JAM Jamaica 2 1 2
=34. UZB Uzbekistan 2 1 2
36. MAR Morocco 2 1 0
37. DEN Denmark 2 0 6
38. ARG Argentina 2 0 4
39. CHI Chile 2 0 1
40. KAZ Kazakhstan 1 4 3
41. KEN Kenya 1 4 2
42. CZE Czech Republic 1 3 4
43. RSA South Africa 1 3 2
44. CRO Croatia 1 2 2
45. LTU Lithuania 1 2 0
=46. EGY Egypt 1 1 3
=46. SUI Switzerland 1 1 3
48. INA Indonesia 1 1 2
49. ZIM Zimbabwe 1 1 1
50. AZE Azerbaijan 1 0 4
51. BEL Belgium 1 0 2
=52. BAH Bahamas 1 0 1
=52. ISR Israel 1 0 1
=54. CMR Cameroon 1 0 0
=54. DOM Dominican Rep 1 0 0
=54. IRL Ireland 1 0 0
=54. UAE U Arab Emirates 1 0 0
58. PRK DPR Korea 0 4 1
59. LAT Latvia 0 4 0
60. MEX Mexico 0 3 1
61. POR Portugal 0 2 1
=62. FIN Finland 0 2 0
=62. SCG Serbia/Monteneg 0 2 0
64. SLO Slovenia 0 1 3
65. EST Estonia 0 1 2
=66. HKG Hong Kong 0 1 0
=66. IND India 0 1 0
=66. PAR Paraguay 0 1 0
=69. NGR Nigeria 0 0 2
=69. VEN Venezuela 0 0 2
=71. COL Colombia 0 0 1
=71. ERI Eritrea 0 0 1
=71. MGL Mongolia 0 0 1
=71. SYR Syrian Arab Rep 0 0 1
=71. TRI Trinidad/Tobago 0 0 1
(A2004/Cay)

India, 1 silver. Seriously...

...talking about Olympic Games result for nations in the region of South East Asia ... Its quite like the previous edition in Sydney 2000, there are still only 2 countries (Thailand and Indonesia) of SEA listed in Medal tally :

here are the last results for SEA nations :

1. Thailand 3 (gold) 1 (silver) 4 (bronze)
2. Indonesia 1 (gold) 1 (silver) 2 (bronze) -----thanks for Taufik Hidayat

3. Malaysia 0 0 0
4. Philippines 0 0 0
5. Vietnam 0 0 0
6. Myanmar 0 0 0
7. Brunei 0 0 0
8. Laos 0 0 0
9. Cambodia 0 0 0
10.Singapore 0 0 0

:runaway: :runaway: :runaway:

India, 1 silver. Seriously...
hey its not bad. I'm sure it'll get many more medals in the future. Apparently that silver is India's first medal ever (someone correct me if I'm wrong)

I hope you all enjoyed the Athens Olympics!! :) Congrats to your athletes.

What? Malaysia 0 0 0?
How come? I thought Malaysia is pretty good.

Haha....not that good it seems! :)

Lucky for us we didn't go home empty handed, but i feel that in the future the competition is going to be tighter and tighter

...talking about Olympic Games result for nations in the region of South East Asia ... Its quite like the previous edition in Sydney 2000, there are still only 2 countries (Thailand and Indonesia) of SEA listed in Medal tally :

here are the last results for SEA nations :

1. Thailand 3 (gold) 1 (silver) 4 (bronze)
2. Indonesia 1 (gold) 1 (silver) 2 (bronze) -----thanks for Taufik Hidayat

3. Malaysia 0 0 0
4. Philippines 0 0 0
5. Vietnam 0 0 0
6. Myanmar 0 0 0
7. Brunei 0 0 0
8. Laos 0 0 0
9. Cambodia 0 0 0
10.Singapore 0 0 0

:runaway: :runaway: :runaway:

Vietnam won one silver medal in last Olympic Game .. and I dont think the others have won any medals before .. mayeb except Phillippines

what do you guys think, what make Chinese won a lot of gold medal? Is it the strong determination to win of their athletes? is it their government pouring a lot of money for sports? is it their supporters?
What?

Thailand's good, man! Oh, by the way Singapore won a silver once, back in 1960, and it's still their only Olympic medal

why does indonesia participate in such useless sports.. itd be cool to have a gold medalist swimmer or gymnist or whatever from indo... haha

why does indonesia participate in such useless sports.. itd be cool to have a gold medalist swimmer or gymnist or whatever from indo... haha

which one useless?

why does indonesia participate in such useless sports.. itd be cool to have a gold medalist swimmer or gymnist or whatever from indo... haha

Maybe still needs to take some more time ... :)

what do you guys think, what make Chinese won a lot of gold medal? Is it the strong determination to win of their athletes? is it their government pouring a lot of money for sports? is it their supporters?
What?

One of the reason is the government pouring out a lot of money for sports ... the government has already poured 1 billion RMB to the Olympic Game since from Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, and it's estimate that more than 5 billion RMB has been poured in this Athens Olympic

Also the government is setting on targets on getting number of golds in each Olympic Games !! This year was set to have at least 20 golds.

Vietnam won one silver medal in last Olympic Game .. and I dont think the others have won any medals before .. mayeb except Phillippines


Thailand won many Olympics medals befor 2004 Athens Olympics.

Atlanta 1996 Somluck Kamsing Gold Men Boxing

Sydney 2000 Wijan Ponlid Gold Men Boxing

Los Angeles 1984 Dhawee Umponmaha Silver Men Boxing

Montreal 1976 Payao Pooltarat Bronze Men Boxing

Seoul 1988 Phajol Moolsan Bronze Men Boxing

Barcelona 1992 Arkom Chenglai Bronze Men Boxing

Atlanta 1996 Vichai Khadpo Bronze Men Boxing

Sydney 2000 Pornchai Thongburan Bronze Men Boxing

Sydney 2000 Khassaraporn Suta Bronze Women Weightlifting