Singapore Olympic Team
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i don;t think Jia wei will come closed to any medal as she openly said she don;t like the game in the paper as quote.
"I don't like the game. I just did it when I was younger to condition my body," she said. "Now it is my career and I have to face it."
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tao li's time of 57.77 is actually good enough for the world record back in 1999.
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Originally posted by weewee:
tao li's time of 57.77 is actually good enough for the world record back in 1999.
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in sg, you cant play sport as a living. and that is the mentality of all parents too. imagine your child telling you that he/she dun want continue studying after PSLE and wanted to play music, sport after that. as a parent, you definitely against the idea and want your child to continue schooling and get the highest qualification possible. and because of this, some really talented people are never found.
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whether u like it or not,there is a 37% chance that this flag
will be raised in Beijing today 11 aug 2008.
watch TV channel 5 at and Channel 601 at 10.24 am today live.
http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_tao_li.php
http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_tao_li.php
Tao Li --Tao is family name---is the best 4 th FINAL qualifier at 57.54 sec,
but the shortest at 1.60 meter,on average 15 cm (6 inch)
lower than the 16 semi--qualifiers.
Small matter?The fastest qualifiers and slowest qualifier time is 57.05
and 58.39!!
In your life,some times u have lucks in a period of time.
She sliced her time 1.19 sec on Sat heats and another 0.23
sec on yesterday Final qualifying race!!
Shw is the fastest Asian butterfly woman seem not so important,
compared with she will race in today FINAL---
broken Singapore records of five decades!!
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http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C51A3/SWW021101.shtml#SWW021101
Record Splits Name NOC Location Date WR 56.61 26.67 DE BRUIJN Inge 
NEDSydney (AUS) Sep 17 2000 OR 56.61 26.67 DE BRUIJN Inge NEDSydney (AUS) Sep 17 2000 Lane Name NOC Date of Birth Qualifying Time Time Rank 1
DEKKER Inge NetherlandsAug 18 1985 58.20 _______
_______ 2 ZHOU Yafei 
ChinaJan 17 1984 57.68 _______
_______ 3 SCHIPPER Jessicah 
AustraliaNov 19 1986 57.43 _______
_______ 4 TRICKETT Lisbeth AustraliaJan 28 1985 57.05 _______
_______ 5 MAGNUSON Christine 
United StatesOct 17 1985 57.08 _______
_______ 6 TAO Li 
SingaporeJan 10 1990 57.54 _______
_______ 7 LOWE Jemma 
Great BritainMar 31 1990 57.78 _______
_______ 8 SILVA Gabriella 
BrazilDec 13 1988 58.39 _
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http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SW.shtml
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/202345.shtml
Date of Birth: Jan 10 1990 Height(cm/ft in): 160cm / 5'3" Gender: Female Weight(kg/lbs): 58 kg / 128 lbs Place of Birth: Hubei (China) Residence: (Singapore) Sport: Swimming Event(s): Women's 100m Butterfly | Women's 200m Butterfly Competition Highlights: Note: A complete explanation of data type and depth can be found in the Additional Information section of the biography
Rank Event Year Venue Result World Championships 7 50m Butterfly 2007 Melbourne, AUS 26.80
Semifinal
100m Butterfly 2007 Melbourne, AUS 59.07 Heat
50m Backstroke 2007 Melbourne, AUS 29.63 Asian Championships 1
50m Butterfly 2006 Singapore, SIN 26.92 3
100m Butterfly 2006 Singapore, SIN 1:00.11 3
4 x 100m Medley Relay 2006 Singapore, SIN 4:19.38 5
200m Butterfly 2006 Singapore, SIN 2:17.13 5
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 2006 Singapore, SIN 8:45.44 -
i think this time we will win some medal..
our sportsman are at their home country..
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''Tao Li's parents have a tradition: They stay away from meets that their daughter is competing in. This, after a bad loss when her parents were around some years back. -- MARC LIM/THE STRAITS TIMES''
Tao Li's parents,both are swimming coach.
Mum works in a private swimming club in Singapore ,
father in Wuhan,PRC.
following fromStrait Times 11 aug 2008
Swimmer's first words to mum: I want a medalBy Marc Lim, Sports Correspondent BEIJING - SHE may have raised her for 18 years. But Li Yan, mother of Singapore's swimming sensation Tao Li, still never fails to be surprised by her only child.
Like when she moved to Singapore, aged 13, not knowing a word of English.
Like when she won the Asian Games gold medal in the 50m butterfly in 2006.
And like yesterday, when she became the first Singaporean swimmer to reach an Olympic swimming final.
Yet, the biggest surprise of all came after her 100m butterfly semi-final.
'She called and I was telling her how proud I was that she had made the final, how proud I was that she broke the Asian record,' said Li Yan, the first person Tao Li called minutes after the race.
'Then she stopped and said, 'Ma, I want the medal'.
'I didn't know what to say at first. Then I told her that she's already surpassed expectations and that she should just go out and swim her best tomorrow.
'But that's Tao Li. She's always been competitive.'
Li Yan recounted a time when her daughter was growing up in Wuhan. There was a local meet that Tao Li was confident of winning. She made sure her parents were present for the event.
But she lost and was so upset that she did not want her parents around for any more meets for fear of 'losing face'.
Tao Li has grown out of that now. But Li Yan, who flew to Beijing from Singapore, where she works as a coach, and Tao Li's father Tao Ran, who came from Wuhan, still keep to the 'tradition'.
They have not seen their daughter since Saturday. As Li Yan put it: 'We don't want to distract her too much.'
But they will be seeing her today, after the race.
Tao Li's coaches feel that a medal is not beyond her. Peter Churchill, her coach at the Singapore Sports School and David Lim, who trains her at Swimfast Aquatic Club, said with the times so close, all eight swimmers stand a chance.
Just over a second separates top qualifier Libby Trickett of Australia (57.05sec) from Brazil's Gabriella Silva (58.39), the last-placed qualifier.
But, having broken two personal bests in two days, would another big swim be too much to ask?
Li Yan could be in for another surprise.''---end of quote
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Tao Li just is no.5 at 57.99 sec in Butterfly 100 m FINAL.
What a pity.slower than her best time yesterday of 57.54.
It is ok.Just her first try in the Game.
Already makes history lah.
Well done.
results here
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWW021101.shtml#SWW021101
3 rd--57.25
-------57.54--TAO LI best time done on Yesterday semi--final
4 th--57.84
5 th --57.99 Tao Li
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SW_2008-08-11.shtml
Women's 100m Butterfly Final 
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
whether u like it or not,there is a 37% chance that this flag
will be raised in Beijing today 11 aug 2008.
watch TV channel 5 at and Channel 601 at 10.24 am today live.
http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_tao_li.php
http://www.snoc.org.sg/p_tao_li.php
Tao Li --Tao is family name---is the best 4 th FINAL qualifier at 57.54 sec,
but the shortest at 1.60 meter,on average 15 cm (6 inch)
lower than the 16 semi--qualifiers.
Small matter?The fastest qualifiers and slowest qualifier time is 57.05
and 58.39!!
In your life,some times u have lucks in a period of time.
She sliced her time 1.19 sec on Sat heats and another 0.23
sec on yesterday Final qualifying race!!
Shw is the fastest Asian butterfly woman seem not so important,
compared with she will race in today FINAL---
broken Singapore records of five decades!!
I see no singapore flag raised. ha ha ha, hallelujah. -
wow
all the info of SG teams here
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/NOC/SIN.shtml
all the races,names of members etc
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http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SA/C74D/SA0000Y11.shtml#SAW005902
Daily Race Summary - All Classes
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whether u like it or not,there is a 37% chance that this flag
will be raised in Beijing today 11 aug 2008.
It's not a 37% chance just because you are in a race.
It's only 37% if all the swimmers there were of equally capable and losing or winning was put down to luck and not ability, which is simply not the case here, the other swimmers were simply much better then her.
In this case, her chances of winning and getting the flag raised, was roughly 0%.
Let me present another probability analysis to you:
whether u like it or not, there is a 100% chance that you will make
another big mistake in your posts, and get totally owned real soon.
Oh wait, it already happened in your LCS thread...
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Tao Li din win any medal.
Conclusion: Taxpayers' money wasted.
Another China FT female badminton player lost to a Belrus player in e first round. Conclusion: Taxpayers' money wasted.
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Tao Li just another china-import.....not a real singaporean.....singapore does not "really" support sports because look at our education systems, look at our teachers, lectures ...etc....all only know about study hard, get a good job, earn good money, buy good cars, show off and travel then force their kids to study like mad, learn this learn that as if they can do it themselves! eat all the "tonics" then get high blood pressure, etc and die......this is the singapore lifestyle for most of them.
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she didnt even get gold but yet so how lian.....look at that face like roti prata so round ...how to swim...
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this is a hypothetical question (of cos),
had tao li stayed in china and train under the chinese system, would she had won a medal the other day?
one thing is for sure, by coming to china, she will be (much) richer.
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Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:
It's not a 37% chance just because you are in a race.
It's only 37% if all the swimmers there were of equally capable and losing or winning was put down to luck and not ability, which is simply not the case here, the other swimmers were simply much better then her.
In this case, her chances of winning and getting the flag raised, was roughly 0%.
Let me present another probability analysis to you:
whether u like it or not, there is a 100% chance that you will make
another big mistake in your posts, and get totally owned real soon.
Oh wait, it already happened in your LCS thread...
this is really hilarious.....that the noisy chap actually divi up equally tao li's probability of getting a medal. think everyone is a robot.
guess he is a sports armchair critic after all, and a damn lousy one at that.
he might as well say singapore has a 50/50 chance of winning the fifa world cup, becos there are an equal 11 players a side.
i am still launghing, btw.....
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Originally posted by Spartans:
Tao Li din win any medal.
Conclusion: Taxpayers' money wasted.
Another China FT female badminton player lost to a Belrus player in e first round. Conclusion: Taxpayers' money wasted.
i think finishing 5th is a commendable feat, chinese/singaporean or not.
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Tao Li lost chance on 200 m butterfly.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml
click the event and the date
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SW_2008-08-12.shtml
then click the right most pencil of any heat of the event
then Results Summary
then u can see summary of All heats
Tao Li i is 26 th out of 34 swimmers at
Rank Heat Lane Name Date of Birth NOC R.T. 50m 100m 150m Time Time Behind 26 2 7 TAO Li Jan 10 1990 Singapore0.72 29.67 1:03.43
33.761:37.85
34.422:12.63
34.786.17 -
good news for SG table tennis as at Wed 12 aug noon.
SG won over USA in 3 women games---
in 2 singles and one double.
Detailed Contest ResultsWomen's Team Group Bhttp://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/TT/C73C/TTW400B01.shtml#TTW400B01
Team Sequence Name NOC Match Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Match 1 A WANG Yue Gu Singapore3 11 7 11 11 X GAO Jun United States1 6 11 8 4 Duration: 39min 10min 10min 10min 10min Match 2 B FENG Tianwei Singapore3 11 8 11 15 Y WANG Chen United States1 2 11 4 13 Duration: 36min 10min 10min 10min 11min Match 3 C/A LI Jia Wei
WANG Yue GuSingapore3 11 11 11 Z/X HUANG Crystal Xi
GAO JunUnited States0 5 9 7 Duration: 17min 3min 5min 5min Duration of contest: 1h 01min -
click the name then u see the Offical result
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Originally posted by redDUST:
this is really hilarious.....that the noisy chap actually divi up equally tao li's probability of getting a medal. think everyone is a robot.
guess he is a sports armchair critic after all, and a damn lousy one at that.
he might as well say singapore has a 50/50 chance of winning the fifa world cup, becos there are an equal 11 players a side.
i am still launghing, btw.....
lol. i wonder what odds he will give if he work in singapore pools. $1 pay $2 for both teams for all matches?
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Would be better if all atheletes representing SG were born and bred here. Its just like seeing your neighbour or friend out there participating in the Olympics and they are people you can connect with.