FTW's bronze is worth more than this Singaporean's medal?

[Jlokta]

FTW's bronze medal made front page for don't know how many days. And she got a big fat paycheck for that.

I hope Laurentia has a matching paycheck for her bronze.


Equestrian rider Laurentia Tan's third place finish in the dressage competition.

Tan won the bronze medal for her performance in the Individual Championship Test Grade 1A event.

33-year-old Tan suffers from cerebral palsy.

She scored 73.650 points to finish behind Sophie Christiansen of Great Britain and Helen Kearney of Ireland.

Tan also won a bronze in the same event at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1223640/1/.html

 

[Boliao]

FTW's bronze medal made front page for don't know how many days. And she got a big fat paycheck for that.

I hope Laurentia has a matching paycheck for her bronze.

Our local team also won the 420 title in World Sailing this year but not sure if they got anything for it. Our useless government is like that one lah...

http://redsports.sg/2012/08/12/sailing-rachel-lee-cecilia-low-420-world-championships/

 

[laksaboy]

The value of a Special Olympics medal is worth much less than a medal won by an able-bodied athlete in the real Olympics.

That is why they say:

Within Singapore's context, victories of FT athletes have significant propaganda value for the government. This is similar to why Hitler was upset when Jesse Owens won in the Berlin Olympics of 1936: the master Aryan race was defeated by a black man.

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng noted FTW going to race in night F1 soon liao. dun play play with pingpong girl hor.

 

[Balls2U]

Despite her medical condition, Laurentia is actually quite chio and sweet looking. Better than FTW anytime!