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Fans living the Olympic dream
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8/2/2024
Two ardent Malaysian supporters are at the Paris Olympics to witness the dream of the country capturing its first-ever gold at the prestigious sporting event.
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Never mind the expensive airfares and competition tickets and steep hotel rates, Yap Ken Voon
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and Chow Kai Yuen are going all out to pursue the dream of theirs, and Malaysians, to win
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the country's first gold medal in the Olympic Games.
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The two ardent fans arrived in Paris on Wednesday night and went straight to Adidas Arena the
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next morning to support the Malaysian badminton team.
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We feel very happy to travel here to cheer for our athletes and we are very happy.
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What I can say is speechless. We won three matches today. We are totally speechless.
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Their estimated spending throughout their week-long trip will total up to RM20,000 per
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person. But they said they do not mind splashing the cash and putting all their energy on such
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a meaningful trip.
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I already bought the ticket for the competition ticket is around RM6,900. For the air ticket
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is around RM3,200 and then for the accommodation is around RM1,800. So total up that I already
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paid is around RM12,000. Not include the whole ticket that we need to stand by around
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RM4,500 if Malaysian athletes go to the quarter-final, semi-final or final.
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To be honest, money don't have, you can fight back. If you're tired, you can rest. But going
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to stadium together with the athletes to fight together to win our first gold medal is priceless.
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The duo are among the most vocal and charismatic supporters on the Malaysian sports scene.
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And they spent about a year to materialise their Olympics plans. They said they did not
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want to miss the Olympics this time after being ditched by the COVID-19 pandemic in
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the previous edition in Tokyo.
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Actually, this plan is start from the Tokyo Olympic. I supposed to go to Tokyo Olympic
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But unfortunately, that time COVID-19, you know, the Japan government is not allowed
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all the supporters to come to Japan. They only allow the athletes and the official,
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the staff. So I really sad that time. Actually, this is my dream. I want to be one of the
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Malaysian supporters that see our athletes winning the first gold medal. For me, if this
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happens, I will be very proud.
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Initially, I was planning to go alone. But I was met Woon during the Malaysian Masters
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last year and asked him, are you going? Then maybe we can start, you know, plan and whether
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we can share in the hotel stay or the transport or everything.
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Actually, I'm really grateful that I know Joe will go to Paris. We have the, you know,
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synchro voice. So I think it's not a big problem for me with him because we want to
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combine our unique voice. We hope that the athletes, when they're in court, they will
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like fire up, right? When they hear our voice in stadium.
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