ok, so just as the procrastinating person said in the chis box, the philippines did indeed destroy malaysia in baseball 38-0 in the 23rd southeast asian games (sea games). this was largely due to the philippines scoring twenty-two runs in the second inning. you can read more about it here.
according to the medal count here, at the time of this post the philippines leads all countries with 57 gold medals, 36 silver, and 45 bronze.
now the games are being held in the philippines this year. in 2003 vietnam held the games and came away with the most gold medals (150). the philippines didn't accuse vietnam of cheating during that year....
so now the philippines is leading in the gold medal count, and the thai premier thaksin had this to say:
"I have been following the SEA Games closely and believe that the Games should exist to help athletes lift their standards...It should not be about winning gold medals...the organizer aims only to favor its own athletes."
jaruk areerajakaran, secretary-general of thailand’s olympic committee, also had this to say:
"It is hard to win in the Games since the hosts are cheating."
joey romasanta, spokesperson of the philippine olympic committee, fired back in reply:
"It is premature for the Prime Minister to suggest that we are favoring our athletes. It is too early in the SEA Games. He should not have said that...So far we have had only wu shu and tae kwon do, where human judgment has been involved. But all of you saw how our athlete Criselda Roxas lost to a Thai in the tae kwon do finals Tuesday. So how can we be favoring our own performers?”
more about this here.
since i can't watch the games from here, i wouldn't know which side is right. nevertheless, it's a good thing that the philippines is doing well in these games, which for rather complex reasons (which i can't go into right now) does not include the most popular sport in the philippines, basketball, this year.
these results may cause one to ask....if the philippines is doing so well in these games, why not the olympics?
the philippines didn't get a single medal in athens, and have never scored a gold medal in its history (although onyok velasco came close in atlanta).
who will be the first one? when?
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haha thanks raymond for goin' more in depth. i would've done something, but i was already procastinating.. and i would've procrastinated on that.
yeah i saw the medal count.. i couldn't seem to explain it.
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