Go Team Samoa, Behind You All The Way

Written by Pio Sioa
Saturday, 09 August 2008
Now that our athletes are safely in China, it is highly doubtful they would be too concerned about the increase in the Electric Power Corporation fuel surcharge. Should they be? Incidentally, CEO Muaausau is in the team. One wonders if he is of two minds about the riled up reaction at home and trying to win an Olympic medal for Samoa. Hopefully he is not about to jump on the next flight home to win over the love and understanding for EPC from an angry public. There is really no point worrying about something that he can do little about, from where he is at the moment. Besides he has a much bigger goal to target over the next several days as our anointed archer in the Beijing Olympics. He has the hopes of a nation for a medal pinned on the accuracy of his aim. He has proven himself better qualified to compete for Samoa at the Olympics than his celebrated rival from the South Pacific Games, Robin Hood Stui. Robin Hood will be the best person to solve the anti-EPC surcharge emotions, so let him and Tuisugaletaua fix it. His priority for now is to sharpen up his medal winning chances for Samoa. Equally so for the others as well who are our flag bearers. Muaausa, Ele, Farani, Aunese, Rudolf and Selafina are at the world stage where the competition comprises the cream de la cream, selected from all corners of the globe. The South Pacific Games as we all know is kindergarten compared to where they are now. The Olympics are for the grown ups, not the sporting toddlers of the regional Games we hosted last year. We have to keep this firmly in mind as we cheer our Team Samoa on. Unless this is brought into perspective it is difficult to appreciate the level of competition our athletes are up against. Since Samoan athletes began competing in the Olympics for the first time in Los Angeles in 1984, real medal chances were wishful at best. The jump from winning gold medals in the South Pacific Games to the Olympics was too far for our home grown talents to bridge. We have since been plodding along for a while now, not quite got at the point where we can claim a legitimate medal chance from any of our champion athletes… We may however have a shot at it now in Beijing. Our weightlifting marvel, Ms. Ele Opeloge, is a legitimate medal possibility in the women’s heavyweight division. If she does medal, it will be a major. No Samoan athlete has ever won any kind of medal for Samoa from the Olympics. If you are into the gender equity debate, Opeloge could be another conqueoring goddess Nafanua, or a living breathing example of the notion that women walk the talk while men simply talks. Of course Aunese, Muaausa, Farani or Rudolf could save face for the muscular gender if they too can medal. If not, Zeus please restore the manhood to all our men folks because Opeloge would have muscled it out of them. O OUTOU MAMA NA (Those Are You Lungs) Good luck to all our Beijing athletes. Comments (4) Subscribe to this comment's feed faamalosi samoa written by tepora, August 09, 2008 malo samoa ia alofa le atua foai le malosi ia te outou o loo fai ma sui a samoa i taaloga o le olympics o tou mama na ia pau ga o se faamalosi mo outou aua le feagai ai ma taalofa ia alofa atu mo outou uma.... ..o awesom...lols.. written by melanie taateo, August 17, 2008 ...thats just bneautiful..im live in sydney and im like goin thru evri chanel luking fos samoans...but im finaly glad dat i can go home and finaly go to the rite chanel to luk n support of very own athletes i think its gr8 of them to use that talent to represent our country.. ...go team samoa we ...samoans in OZ are rite behind yah... luff n miss home heaps.. Melanie T i think i know you written by Valeria Fatu Tufue, September 02, 2008 this person melanie taateo sounds familiar to me....................if you are the one that went to st mary's college vaimoso then you are the one i'm talking about. im in aussie with one of the extra student from st mary's name Mataua Lemisio. please comment me bak if its you....cheers honest tah hu written by Melanie Taateo, September 09, 2008 ..auoi!!! ..honest tah hu!! ..suga...i live in sydney...wea yous munkiis at???...lols...yous on bebo???...search foa...SamoanChikah...if you find meh...than you can find all the other st marys girls..honest tah hu....its gr8 tah finolee know that sum smc keiges r in OZ...i mean they keep koin tah NZ...i mean like hello..too many samoans there...lols... ...ok...girl...luk 4ward tah hearing fwm you bouf....muj alo4s frm meh!! ...i miss samoa like hardowt...gosh...congrats tah Ms opeloge..i mean she didnt ket a medal..but she definitelee won da fakus of da samoan ovahsteyahs..oi mah bad..i mean samoan ozies...gosh..man i wishd she got that bronze...but she tried n she made samoa proud...n to the other afletes..i mean they also didnt ket a medal...but like i z..dei won da fakus of samoans in OZ...so malo lava le faamalosi..... Melanie Taateo Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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