Singapore: No Medal Drought At Beijing Olympics

A jubilant Singapore bagged its first Olympic medal in 48 years Friday when its table tennis players made the final of the women’s team event where they will meet China.
It has been a long wait for the city state which last made the podium at the 1960 Rome Olympics when weightlifter Tan Howe Liang won silver - their only previous medal.
"We will get a silver at least. I’m extremely satisfied and give my team full marks," said Singaporean coach Liu Guodong after their hard-fought 3-2 victory over South Korea.
"I feel that our mission has been accomplished because I treated today’s match as a final.
"Having worked as a coach in Singapore for two years, I’m very happy to have helped the country end its 48-year medal drought." Feng Tianwei was the heroine.
