Avoid overreliance on badminton for medals, says Rexy

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Rexy Mainaky says it is unfair for the country to pin all its medal hopes on badminton as it creates too much pressure.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/13/avoid-overreliance-on-badminton-for-medals-says-rexy/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/08/13/jangan-harap-badminton-saja-beri-pingat-kata-rexy/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Badminton #RexyMainaky #ParisOlympic2024 #BAM

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00:00In the Philippines, they never have gymnastics, but suddenly they come up with gymnastics and won the gold medal.

00:07So maybe in the future, don't just expect badminton.

00:14Why are we not focused on the sport that can produce more medals?

00:18Athletics, swimming, gymnastics, diving.

00:25One athlete, maybe they can swim.

00:28You put the money there, besides badminton, and you just send them somewhere.

00:35Let's say, who's the swimmer from Malaysia?

00:40Can you say in Malay, name?

00:44Shafiq.

00:48If you send Shafiq to train in the U.S. for the Olympic tournament,

00:54four years, put the money pumping, and Shafiq just tell him to train for 50 meters, 100 meters, or whatever,

01:02one person have the opportunity to win at least, looking for five gold, maybe we can get one.

01:11We're only expecting from badminton, that's what happened.

01:19Now your question to me, you see the Philippines won the gold medal,

01:24last time they won from weightlifting, right?

01:27But now they won from gymnastics, so I mean, they do something.

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