To date, 20 Malaysian athletes from eight sport disciplines qualified for Beijing; another nine, from badminton, are “almost certain to make the grade”. Malaysia is banking on its badminton shuttlers to end a 12-year Olympic medal drought. Some of Malaysia’s Beijing-bound athletes include: national walker Yuan Yufang, women divers Leong Mun Yee, Pandelela Rinong and [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
The Money Report: How Much Do Malaysia’s Olympic Athletes Make?
How much money do Olympians make? It depends on the allowance they receive from their government, their incentives when they win a medal, and whether they have sponsorships as well as financial support from private entities. We mentioned earlier that Nader Al Masri gets financial support consisting of $100 per month from the Palestinian Athletics [...]
Question: Will PETA Protest Now That China is Killing Mosquitoes?
Do you think the good folks at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will wave their protest banners once again now that China is planning to kill mosquitoes? OMG! It will be a mosquito genocide. The horror. The horror. Those Chinese. They really have no respect for animal rights. Hurry, PETA folks, [...]
Malaysia: Former Olympians Displeased
Don’t look now but there’s a mini-controversy going on after the Olympic torch made its run in Malaysia. No it isn’t about pro-Tibet activists protesting against China although there was some of that. It’s about how former Olympians were ignored by the torch relay organizers. Isthiaq Mubarak, who represented Malaysia in Mexico, Munich, and Montreal [...]
Pasha Grishuk: Drugged
Whoo. This is juicy news. But disturbing too. Who would think of drugging Olympic gold medalist Pasha Gishuk with GHB, “a predatory drug that can be mixed with alcohol to reduce resistance from a victim before a sexual assault?” Could it be the butler? The waiter? The candlestick maker? Whoever s/he was, we hope that [...]
