Quote of the Day: Singapore’s Li Jiawei

Our quote for the day comes from Li Jiawei and it goes like this:

“Does he want to affect my chances of winning a medal or my moods? What is his motive and why now? I am a girl after all and he knows these things will upset me.”

If you’re like, “Dude, who is Li? And who is ‘he’?”, here’s a short version of their story (you can read the more detailed version here) :

* Li is the team captain of Singapore’s table tennis team and “he” is Ronald Susilo, a national badminton player also from Singapore. They are reportedly Singapore’s best hopes for an Olympic medal.

* The two were engaged but then eventually broke up.

* After their separation, Susilo told The Sunday Times that he was mulling legal action to recover money he claimed to have put into their car and apartment.

* Li was “very troubled” by the allegation that she owed Susilo money, hence her statement above.

* Singaporean officials are now worried that this spat between the ex-lovers may well cost the city-state a medal in the Olympics.

Ahh, love gone wrong, they affect our Olympian idols too. Now, is it me or is Susilo a bit ungentlemanly for the way he handled this situation?

Nothing wrong with trying to recover money but it seems like he blabbed to the press before he discussed the matter with his ex? Kinda ill-advised if you ask us. But what do you think?