silver

i like silver better than gold but when it comes to medals, nothing beats gold.

rainer ng did singapore proud by winning the 1st silver medal for the men's 50m backstroke, just a mere 0.09s behind christian homer from trinidad and tobago.

coupled with the 2 bronzes won by daryl tan and nurul shafinas both from taekwondo, the total medal tally stands at 3 tonight.

go, singapore, go!

gold medalist

i had just switched over to one of the yog channels yesterday and saw the chinese athelete doing the clean and jerk for the weightlifting competition. it was for the 48kg category and i thought that the chinese weightlifter looks very young and stocky.

then the commentator announced that she's the gold medalist for the women's 48kg category event.

oops! i really couldn't tell that she's a girl... :P