It was a case of ‘almost’ for a number of Malaysian athletes this year, but what they may not have been able to show in medal hauls, they certainly showed in heart.
THE year 2012 will always be remembered as the year Malaysia came agonisingly close to a first Olympic Games gold medal. But, alas, all Malaysia took back from the London Olympics were a silver medal, courtesy of a fighting display by shuttler Lee Chong Wei, and a bronze through the gutsy performances of diver Pandelela Rinong.
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