Tuesday, May 5, 2009
7:53 PM
Singapore Sports Award - Team of the Year Award goes to...
The Women's Table Tennis Team that delivered a Silver Medal at the Beijing Olympics last year was crowned the Team of the Year (event) by the Singapore Sports Award Selection Committee.

However, there were no Sportsman of the Year and Coach of the Year award. Initially, the panel had an debate when it came to the Coach of the Year award. Much of the three-hour meeting at the Singapore Sports Council was spent deliberating if former national table tennis head coach Liu Guodong should be considered. This despite not being nominated by the Singapore Table Tennis Association. Ultimately, he was not in the reckoning, and the committee decided not to give out an award for this category.

In addition to the table tennis fans' woes, 5 times Sportswoman of the Year, Li Jiawei, lose the Sportswoman of the Year title for the 3rd consecutive year. This time, she lost to Bowler Jasmine Yeong-Nathan. The achievements of the women athletes in 2008 made the choice a difficult one for the Singapore Sports Award Selection Committee. In the end, World Champion Jasmine beat Jiawei and swimmer Tao Li to clinch the title.

Our paddlers continue to clinch other prestigious awards. Due to their outstanding performance, Olympic Silver Medalists Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yue Gu were also given the Meritorious Award (Individual). Gao Ning/Yang Zi, Li Jiawei/Sun Bei Bei and the Men's Team which comprises of Gao Ning, Yang Zi and Cai Xiao Li were also awarded with the Meritorious Award (Event).

Not to be outdone by their seniors, the youth paddlers were also awarded the Meritorious Award (Individual) in the Junior category. They are Yu Meng Yu, Pang Xue Jie and Li Siyun Isabelle.




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