WORST EVER OLYMPIADS ?

Well, with one more round to go, it looks like men Olympiad Team is heading towards its worst outing.

Historical Before-Last-Round-Position
Now we are at 106 spot out of 149 teams. Lets compare with previous olympiads (position taken with one more round to go).

1. 1986 Dubai, 38 out of 108 teams
2. 1988 Thessaloniki 56 out of 107 teams
3. 1990 Novi Sad 84 out of 108 teams
4. 1992 Manila 75 out of 102 teams
5. 1994 Moscow 87 out of 124 teams
6. 1996 Yerevan 57 out of 114 teams
7. 1998 Elista 78 out of 110 teams
8. 2000 Istanbul 80 out of 126 teams
9. 2002 Bled 82 out of 135 teams
10. 2004 Calvia 88 out of 129 teams
11. 2006 Turin 55 out of 138 teams
12. 2008 Dresden 101 out of 146 teams

but since we are always able to pull out a nice and much needed last round win (except for Turin 2006 in which we lost 0-4 to Italy), i think in this edition we will be able to do just that and still finish in top 100. Should we lost in the last round very realistically our position will be like the number of Malaysian football ranking in the world...number 144!


Song
To sum up this olympic in a song...

1. Men Team - between a sad "Leaving on a jet plane" John Denver or hopefully a positive " I will survive" Gloria Gaynor.
2. Women Team - Inspiring "One moment in time" Whitney Houston
3. Alia - Definitely "Hero" Mariah Carey
4. Hamid Majid - Never give up " It ain't over till its over" Kravitz or is it a miss victory "Didn't we almost have it all" Whitney Houston?
5. Chess bloggers - " The Party's over" Nat King Cole
6. Dato' Tan - "Thank you for the music" ABBA