#No.9 {The Legendary Badminton Match}
Sunday, August 11, 2013About 2 hours ago or more, I'm pretty sure the whole Malaysia (maybe world..) was shaken up by the legendary match between the world no.1 Dato' Lee Chong Wei against China's best player Lin Dan. Prayers and supports was all over my twitter timeline and as usual ... Live feed updates. The match was so nerve-wrecking. It was a great start and joy for all Malaysians when Dato' Lee Chong Wei managed to win the first set , however with slight mistakes here and there the 2nd game set wasn't joyful anymore . And lastly at the end , the 3rd set.. It was a great start again by Dato' Lee Chong Wei with 4 points leading until it became a tragedy when his legs gave in to a muscle cramp.
The special thing about this whole match wasn't about the skills shown off by the players in the match. Instead, it was the spirit shown by Dato' Lee Chong Wei. Of course everyone could see that he didn't do a great job with his wrong judgements that never end .. But then again.. Who are we to judge right? The spirit shown by him when he had his muscles cramp was just amazing. It proved that as an athlete he tried to fought for his win. The first time when his muscle cramp hit him, after given some slight spray from the medics he stood up and continued the game. Everyone thought he would have given up. He could at that point , lose everything without fighting. But he didn't and he chose to stand up and continue and he manage to score a point ! But unfortunately his stubborn legs gave up on him again and he lost at the end of the game. His spirit showed many people , young or old not to give up and it have touched many souls. He didn't win the game, he didn't beg the gold for Malaysia and our National anthem the "Negaraku" wasn't played (again..) . All hopes were crushed but in our hearts, he's our HERO. Not just in our hearts (Malaysians) but also to all those that have watched the game . We all could see he tried his best . Although he failed , his efforts was seen and even the commentators said he's a nice guy.
As for Lin Dan, many hates was given to him. All I could say is, as much hate we have for his egoistic attitude ... He's still a pretty nice guy for giving a little sympathetic care for Lee Chong Wei.
And I mean.. Look at that picture man! Although he isn't entirely nice but sportsmanship was shown. Plus, at least the game was played fair and he didn't use any dirty tricks or something . So we gotta give this guy a little clap :)
For Dato' Lee Chong Wei..
HE'LL ALWAYS BE OUR HERO ❤
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