No Gold Rush

We have been joining the Olympics since 1924 and still we haven't found that Olympic gold yet. In 2008, we have just reached 90M strong but we can only afford to send 15 measly athletes in the Olympics! Our fellow SEA country Singapore, whose size is a tad smaller than Metro Manila, just got their gold in table tennis. Indonesia and Thailand also have their golds already. Why can't we get ours? I've heard a ton of excuses from officials that some athletes are too young, immature and sometimes we hurl accusations that the official seem partial to the opponent. Back in 1996, this sportswriter and commentator kept on saying that "We have been robbed by the Gold!" Maybe we robbed ourselves... Relying on hybrid mongrel swimmers who were actually rejects of the countries that they were based in. Why can't we train our own atheletes? We have another 4 years to train for the 2012 London Games, and I bet my ass that we will start training again on 2011. If there was graft and corruption in the Olympics, I'm sure we can get a ton of medals. Kudos to the Filipino Athletes! Who braved all the odds trying to raise some dignity left in our country!