Moscow Malaysian Games 2007
Well… Quite a time never update… Study life really very hectic and busy… and perhaps, not really have something very interesting to crap also…
Just returned from Moscow for 4th Malaysian Games few days ago… The 2-day Games was held during Labour’s Day holidays and it is eligible for Malaysian students in Russian universities…
This year Games’ organiser was Russian State Medical University… 6 universities took part in the Games and 13 gold medals were being offered… Volgograd State Medical University sent a contingent of 93 people and emerged as Overall Runners-up in the end with 4 gold medals ( table tennis male, netball, basketball both male and female ), 3 silvers ( table tennis female, futsal both male and female) and 2 bronzes ( sepak takraw & volleyball male). But most of us sure not very satisfied as we lost overall champion to Kursk State with difference of just 1 bronze medal only… Argh…
Ok…so, I took part in table tennis and as mentioned above, my team won Gold medal! The format of table tennis competition is like Thomas Cup system which requires 3 singles and 2 doubles and 1 player can play maximum 1 single and 1 double… Here is my contribution to the team: won all my single and double matches except 1 double match against Moscow Medical Academy… Unfortunately, the medals not yet ready and the organizer unable to give us the actual medals during prize-giving ceremony… Anyway, don’t worry, I will show the medal here once I receive it…hehe…
The standard of table tennis in this Games was not really high… maybe I’ve seen too much in Penang state level competition… All I need to do was actually to use my experience and advantage on speed to hit the ball over safely and force the opponents to make mistakes themselves… Anyway, I have to admit I did a little bit nervous in the beginning of first few matches… Besides, have to admit that luck has played a large part in our route to victory too…
Thank you to all my 3 other teammates... This is a team game and everyone in the team had made their worthy contributions… Thanks to all the supporters also… and A very special thank to our captain, Ivan! Thank you for working really hard to guide the team in training and during the competition… I think the overall result of 1 gold and 1silver from table tennis certainly was a very good recoup to all your sacrifice…
Throughout this Moscow Games, everyone really had fun and enjoyed… We supported and cheered our uni players in all sports whenever they played, although our supporters’ voice not as loud as that 2 uni which played on their homeground… What I can say is the spirit was really amazing! Sports can really make people united… We knew new friends from different universities and also become closer to our uni’s friends… The closing ceremony which held in Malaysia embassy at the last night rounded off the great memory of this year Malaysian Games… But that party which termed ‘Garden Party’ was a crazy one also la… It was held at outdoor but the weather at that time was really chilly cold… Everyone dressed nicely in formal but ended up covering ourselves in jackets and coats…
Malaysian Games is really a successful and meaningful event… It enables Malaysian students to meet together and have fun in the midst of hectic study life… Well… Next year will be the turn of Nizhny Novgorod Medical University to be the host! That’s one of the Russia’s city that I really wish to go too… If no any problem, hopefully I will be there to meet friends and of course, to defend our gold medal… See u all in Nizhny!
Just returned from Moscow for 4th Malaysian Games few days ago… The 2-day Games was held during Labour’s Day holidays and it is eligible for Malaysian students in Russian universities…
This year Games’ organiser was Russian State Medical University… 6 universities took part in the Games and 13 gold medals were being offered… Volgograd State Medical University sent a contingent of 93 people and emerged as Overall Runners-up in the end with 4 gold medals ( table tennis male, netball, basketball both male and female ), 3 silvers ( table tennis female, futsal both male and female) and 2 bronzes ( sepak takraw & volleyball male). But most of us sure not very satisfied as we lost overall champion to Kursk State with difference of just 1 bronze medal only… Argh…
Ok…so, I took part in table tennis and as mentioned above, my team won Gold medal! The format of table tennis competition is like Thomas Cup system which requires 3 singles and 2 doubles and 1 player can play maximum 1 single and 1 double… Here is my contribution to the team: won all my single and double matches except 1 double match against Moscow Medical Academy… Unfortunately, the medals not yet ready and the organizer unable to give us the actual medals during prize-giving ceremony… Anyway, don’t worry, I will show the medal here once I receive it…hehe…
The standard of table tennis in this Games was not really high… maybe I’ve seen too much in Penang state level competition… All I need to do was actually to use my experience and advantage on speed to hit the ball over safely and force the opponents to make mistakes themselves… Anyway, I have to admit I did a little bit nervous in the beginning of first few matches… Besides, have to admit that luck has played a large part in our route to victory too…
Thank you to all my 3 other teammates... This is a team game and everyone in the team had made their worthy contributions… Thanks to all the supporters also… and A very special thank to our captain, Ivan! Thank you for working really hard to guide the team in training and during the competition… I think the overall result of 1 gold and 1silver from table tennis certainly was a very good recoup to all your sacrifice…
Throughout this Moscow Games, everyone really had fun and enjoyed… We supported and cheered our uni players in all sports whenever they played, although our supporters’ voice not as loud as that 2 uni which played on their homeground… What I can say is the spirit was really amazing! Sports can really make people united… We knew new friends from different universities and also become closer to our uni’s friends… The closing ceremony which held in Malaysia embassy at the last night rounded off the great memory of this year Malaysian Games… But that party which termed ‘Garden Party’ was a crazy one also la… It was held at outdoor but the weather at that time was really chilly cold… Everyone dressed nicely in formal but ended up covering ourselves in jackets and coats…
Malaysian Games is really a successful and meaningful event… It enables Malaysian students to meet together and have fun in the midst of hectic study life… Well… Next year will be the turn of Nizhny Novgorod Medical University to be the host! That’s one of the Russia’s city that I really wish to go too… If no any problem, hopefully I will be there to meet friends and of course, to defend our gold medal… See u all in Nizhny!
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