Are you ready to root for Malaysia at the Rio Olympics?

Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif will be the first woman sailor to represent Malaysia at the Olympics. Photo: The Star/Izzrafiq Alias

There must be an exhilaration to standing on a podium while your country’s national anthem blasts through a PA system. That’s a privilege a select few of us are privy to, and it’s a sure bet our very own Malaysian Olympians have heard that soaring tune on more than one occasion.

Now that the Euros are over, the sporting world is tuning in to the global showpiece in Brazil, the Rio 2016 Olympics, which starts Aug 5, and even against a backdrop of a health epidemic, promises plenty of thrills and spills.