Feng tianwei biography of michaels

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For the first time since 1988, the Singapore women’s team failed to win a medal at the Asian Games.

Naturalised Singaporean Feng Tianwei and her fellow China-born teammates blamed fatigue and struggles with the bigger tennis balls that were used for their 3-1 defeat at the quarter-finals, which broke a two-decade long streak of winning major medals at the Asian Games.

Feng Tianwei said that the fact that the Singapore had to play two games – against Vietnam and Malaysia – before the quarter-finals drained her strength. She told reporters: “The South Koreans were very aggressive today and I could feel the strain and fatigue, especially in my thigh, which affected my performance.”

Coach Hao Anlin also said that his team have not adapted to the bigger plastic balls that are now used, as well as other teams have adapted. This is despite the fact that the switch to the bigger balls came four years ago, in 2014.

Hao told reporters: “This has neutralised some of the strengths and advantages our players once had. We not only have to adapt, but we also need to improve on our fitness and technique, and come up with different playing styles to combat these changes and challenges.”

This latest Asian Games loss comes on the back of the

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Feng Tianwei: Sorry, On Behalf of My Fellow Singaporeans

Dear Tianwei,

Firstly, I would like to congratulate and thank you for winning the Olympic bronze medal for Singapore.

As a Singaporean, I am very grateful for what you have done and what many of us couldn’t have done. You had the grit, belief and courage to stand on a world stage and go where not many of us have gone before – and bring back an Olympic medal for Singapore.

This is only the 2nd singles medal that Singapore has ever won, and the 3rd medal ever, and the plain truth is we would not have been able to achieve this without you, not perhaps in another 10, 20 or 30 years, after our programme to train more local talent bears fruit. You have once again represented the hope that Singapore has in achieving pride on the international arena, as you and your team mates had in the last Olympic Games.

Thank you, Tianwei.

When Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei won a silver medal in the badminton single’s finals yesterday, Malaysians rallied behind him and Malaysians cheered him on. They patted him on the back when he won the silver medal and showed their continuous support even if he had not won the gold medal. Because he dared to dream and he dreamt for Malaysians. And the Malaysians dreamt with h