馬來西亞是怎麼打贏美國的 - 保齡球

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How Malaysia beat the USA?
Was this an upset?

馬來西亞是怎麼打贏美國的？
這只是偶發的意外嗎?
‘ Joe Slowinski




On paper, the USA women’s national team that represented the country at the
World Tenpin Bowling Association Women’s World Championships was stronger
than any other country. The team included 2005 World Cup Champion Lynda
Barnes, 2006 World Cup Champion Diandra Asbaty, 2005 WIBC Queens Champion
Tennelle Milligan, dual Bronze medalist at the 2006 World Youth Championships
Stephanie Nation and Shannon O’Keefe, Silver medalist at the 2005 Women’s
World Championship.

根據報導，本屆世界盃女子保齡球錦標賽，美國國家隊實力遠超過其他
的參賽國家。其成員包括2005年世界盃冠軍Lynda Barnes、 2006 年世界盃
冠軍Diandra Asbaty、 2005 WIBC 皇后盃冠軍 Tennelle Milligan、2006
世界青年錦標賽雙銅得主 Stephanie Nation 及 2005年女子世界盃銀牌
Shannon O’Keefe。

All of us involved in bowling were expecting something big from the U.S.
national team. And, they didn’t disappoint…with a medal in every event,
something an American team had not accomplished since 1971.

保齡球界都預期此種黃金組合的美國國家隊肯定大獲全勝，而他們確也
沒有讓人失望….在每個參賽項目中都有所斬獲，這也是打從1971年以來從未
有過的好成績。

But, this powerhouse team settled for a silver medal in the team event
losing by just seven pins. Instead of the paper favorite, the national
team of a small Southeast Asian nation of 25 million won the gold medal,
pulling off an upset over a team of superstars from a country of 300
million. For a small country, this is a major accomplishment. The next
day, the front page of all of the national papers in Malaysia, read,
”We are World Champions!”

但是，傳媒看好的超強隊伍，卻在團體賽中以7分之差只得銀牌，金牌則落入
人口僅2500萬的南亞小國之手。打敗由3億人口中精挑細選的超級名星隊。對於
這個小國家來說，無疑是一大勝利。第二天，馬來西亞報紙的頭版頭條刋載著:
“我們是世界冠軍”！

But, how did they do that? The USA team was so strong. How could a small
country win Gold over this team of stars?

但他們是怎麼做到的？美國隊的陣容是如此之強，一個叢爾小國怎麼可能
壓過這些巨星的組合而披金呢？

Malaysia is one of a handful of countries around the world that actually
treats bowling as a sport. Fully funded from the government, Malaysia
competes in the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Asian Indoor Games and
periodically, when bowling is included, the Commonwealth Games.

馬來西亞是世界上極少數視保齡球為運動的一個國家，由於政府全力支持，
馬來西亞參與了亞運、南亞運、偶而將保齡球納入競賽項目的亞洲室內運動會及
共和運動會。

Accordingly, due to this resource support, I will contend that the Malaysian
program is the strongest on the planet. Bowlers bowl together every day.
Financial support insures the bowlers can simply eat, sleep and bowl. They
don’t need to worry about also having a full-time job to make a living.
How many BTM readers would love that lifestyle?

基於這種從根做起的奧援，我敢說馬來西亞的訓練是世界上最紮實的，
球員每天在一起練習，經濟上的不虞匱乏，球員們只要好吃好睡，儘全力打
好球就行，一點也不需要為工作或其他的瑣事煩腦！BTM的讀者們想必都很羨
慕這種生活吧！

The National Sports Council of Malaysia budgets millions of dollars to
provide support for tenpin bowling. All the way from a fully funded youth
development program with more that 1700 elite youth bowlers to paid monthly
stipends providing salaries for the national team members.

馬來西亞體總撥了數百萬元的預算來支持十瓶保齡球，青少年的培育計
劃中，超過1700位的優秀球員每月可領津貼，更不用說國家隊所支領的月俸了。

With a fully funded program, bowlers are provided with access to
nutritionists, daily fitness training, funding for equipment and daily
on-lane training. So, the national team members in Malaysia are full-time
athletes. This financial support has led to Malaysian bowling becoming one
of the most successful sports in the country. Bowlers here are known by
their first name and appear in the paper on a near daily basis.

這種全方位的贊助還包括營養師諮詢、重量訓練、球具裝備及每天的球道上
實際演練…因此，馬來西亞的國家隊成員都是全職的運動員，財力上的支持使馬
來西亞的保齡球成為全國最有成績的運動項目。由於媒體的密集報導，保齡球員
幾乎都成為家喻戶曉的明星。

These bowlers compete year round, funded to many big Open events. If the
player wins, they also get to keep the winnings. If bowlers win a medal
at an international competition, they earn tens of thousands of dollars in
government incentives. So, in addition to a monthly salary, bowlers can earn
a nice living. In many ways, these athletes are professional athletes.
Collectively, this creates success on the regional and international level.

國家隊球員終年征戰，大型比賽的獲勝使他們荷包滿滿，一旦拿到國際賽的
獎牌，更可獲得政府可觀的獎金。這些加上每個月的月俸，球員的生活都過得很
優渥，從很多方面來看，他們可以算是職業球員，在地區性比賽及國際賽中自然
是成就斐然。

At the last Asian Games, bowling was the most successful sport for Malaysia,
earning 6 medals. More than 50 nations competed in this Olympic-like event,
held every four years. Of the 42 medals earned by Malaysians, at the 2006
Asian Games, the bowling team won three Gold and three Silvers. With success,
comes funding from the government. Although bowling is not an Olympic sport,
the government funds howling and a few other sports equal to Olympic sport
funding. Now, that is a good sign for bowling.

上一次亞運，保齡球項目是馬來西亞的大金庫，4年一次的亞運賽事如同奧運，
在50幾個參賽國的強烈競爭下，保齡球拿下三金三銀，佔了馬國42面獎牌數中的
6面。僅管保齡球還沒被列為奧運項目，政府卻給了和奧運項目同等的補助，這對
保齡球的推展來說，實在是一大福音。

In the process of winning the team Gold, Malaysia broke the women’s 6-game
world championship team scoring record. The USA would settle for the silver
with the second best performance ever. Malaysia now has the first and third
best team performances in the team event. Their performance in 2003 at the
World Championships was the previous record.

在贏得金牌的同時，馬來西亞也打破女子六局總分的世界記錄，銀牌得主的美國
隊也打出了他們的史上最高分，2003年的世界紀錄已經被這兩隊給打破。

So, in closing, was this really an upset? Malaysian women’s teams
have two of the three best scratch scores in the history of the world’s
championships. The winners of the 15th Asian Games Gold Medal in the
Team Event are the world champions again, for the second time in three
events.

更使人驚訝的是，馬來西亞女子隊擁有兩項三局的世界記錄，15屆亞運團體金
牌的三局高分和世界盃的三局最高分。

The fact remains that Malaysia is able to have a true national team program.
With this level of resource and knowledge support, I don’t think it is that
surprising that they won the Gold medal.

事實證明，馬來西亞的國家隊訓練確實是在玩真的！有了這種層級的技術及
財力支援，對於他們的奪金，我是一點也不感意外！

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