Last Sunday, for the first time since 1960, Singapore won a medal at the Olympic games!

The table tennis women's team lost the finals against China 3-0, but won silver. However, there have been lots of discussion about this victory, as all three team members (Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu) were born in China and only came to Singapore to compete in the sports events for the country. Tianwei even only became a citizen earlier this year in January.

Many people now feel that this victory is not truely a Singaporean victory, but rather that China 2 lost against China 1 in the finals.

As Singapore is such a small country, it has to attract 'Foreign Talent' in order to be competitive economically. That's why in a few years, there might be more foreigners staying here in Singapore than locals. However, many people feel that this 'We have to be top' mentality should not result in 'importing' foreigners and have them participate for Singapore in sports events. Rather than spending money on these 'Foreign Talents', the country should support local talents who compete with their hearts for their home country.