Irrelevant: is it just me, or does Maya Dirado look a lot like Alissa Czisny?
Our Canadian Penny is worth gold!!!!! I had a feeling she would win......, really, so I am not surprised. She has gotten better each day. We finally have swimming gold again :agree: not bad for barely 16 years old!
Efimova won another silver....eh?
Incredible achievement. Surreal. And a fairy tale Olympics for him really. I saw that photo of him and Phelps in 2008, how amazing.Joseph Schooling made the headlines after crushing the competitions in the South East Asian Games in 2011. In the South East Asian Games held in Singapore in 2015, he said in a montage during the opening ceremony that he wanted to win OGM. Now that dream has come true. It took only 5 years. :yes2:
Yeah, there is obviously great talent there. They should put more belief in locals.He did it!! Congratulations Joseph Schooling .
Although I'm a foreigner here, I'm so happy for all the Singaporean who could finally feel proud of this achievement which is won by a local talent instead of imported ones.
Incredible achievement. Surreal. And a fairy tale Olympics for him really. I saw that photo of him and Phelps in 2008, how amazing.
Yeah, there is obviously great talent there. They should put more belief in locals.
I'm not sure what you're getting at but plenty of athletes train overseas, many also in figure skating, which you should know, since you've been on this forum for over 3 years.Wait. I thought he moved to Florida in high school? He competes for the University of Texas. He has the Longhorn tattoo on his back. Does he live in Singapore? I'm confused, but that's nothing new.
I'm not sure what you're getting at but plenty of athletes train overseas, many also in figure skating, which you should know, since you've been on this forum for over 3 years.
By "local talent" they mean he was born and raised in Singapore.I'm not getting at anything. The quote I was replying to said he was a "local talent" which I took to mean "living and training in Singapore.". And that is not what the media is reporting. Which is why I asked, "Does he live in Singapore? I'm confused."
Having spent an hour feasting on videos of celebrations in Fiji celebrating their home-grown gold medal in rugby, I am only too ready to celebrate "local" athletes from small nations who do well. Heck, I still celebrate his win, no matter where he lives and trains; I'm sure it is a very big deal in Singapore.
But thanks for your thoughtful reply.
I'm not getting at anything. The quote I was replying to said he was a "local talent" which I took to mean "living and training in Singapore.". And that is not what the media is reporting. Which is why I asked, "Does he live in Singapore? I'm confused."