Souvenir From Beijing
Dedeh Erawati our 100 M hurdle women’s sprinter finished last in her heat. She wasn’t disappointed, waited tensely for the official announcement on the board, then she cried after reading it. She was elated having surpassed the national and the SEA Games record 2007 which was on her name. Only she, her two trainers, a friend and an Indonesian reporter who reported this were happy, proud of this feat. Unnoticed, without a medal, she certainly is our hero.
I surely have no less respect or gratitude for our athletes who succeeded to win a medal and raised our dignity in the world. But it’s not necessary to mention them, since the whole world knows, acknowledges, respects them.
How we yearn, thirst even for a bronze as a rice field yearns for rain during a drought. And we‘re so grateful. happy and proud as we got not just one but more than one and more than a bronze medal.
I remember the time when Indonesia was so strong in the men’s Badminton single. “The Magnificent Seven”, so the papers praised. It was as though this class was the class, the super class, the king among the other classes: the double, women single, mixed double are, so to say, second class. We would benignly pass the honor of these classes to others. But to day, they, the “second classers”, are our heroes who raised our dignity in the eyes of the world winning an Olympic medal. Certainly, these classes are as sterling as the men single’s class.
But they are not our only heroes. Those that fought to have badminton on the Olympic agenda and to continue it in the future are also heroes. Without them we wouldn’t have ranked so high. Our position would drop as we only could rely on our athletes that are not badminton players.
Our achievements are not just due solely to the efforts of our athletes. We certainly ought to be grateful for the hard work of coaches, trainers, financial support, … those who participated for our athletes to succeed.
Remember! I haven’t mastered the art of painting in English.
Agustus 2008
Dedeh Erawati our 100 M hurdle women’s sprinter finished last in her heat. She wasn’t disappointed, waited tensely for the official announcement on the board, then she cried after reading it. She was elated having surpassed the national and the SEA Games record 2007 which was on her name. Only she, her two trainers, a friend and an Indonesian reporter who reported this were happy, proud of this feat. Unnoticed, without a medal, she certainly is our hero.
I surely have no less respect or gratitude for our athletes who succeeded to win a medal and raised our dignity in the world. But it’s not necessary to mention them, since the whole world knows, acknowledges, respects them.
How we yearn, thirst even for a bronze as a rice field yearns for rain during a drought. And we‘re so grateful. happy and proud as we got not just one but more than one and more than a bronze medal.
I remember the time when Indonesia was so strong in the men’s Badminton single. “The Magnificent Seven”, so the papers praised. It was as though this class was the class, the super class, the king among the other classes: the double, women single, mixed double are, so to say, second class. We would benignly pass the honor of these classes to others. But to day, they, the “second classers”, are our heroes who raised our dignity in the eyes of the world winning an Olympic medal. Certainly, these classes are as sterling as the men single’s class.
But they are not our only heroes. Those that fought to have badminton on the Olympic agenda and to continue it in the future are also heroes. Without them we wouldn’t have ranked so high. Our position would drop as we only could rely on our athletes that are not badminton players.
Our achievements are not just due solely to the efforts of our athletes. We certainly ought to be grateful for the hard work of coaches, trainers, financial support, … those who participated for our athletes to succeed.
Remember! I haven’t mastered the art of painting in English.
Agustus 2008
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