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The Malaysian Olympics team arrived at the Kompleks Bunga Raya in KLIA at about 2.10pm and the occasion was absolutely glorious!
Malaysians gathered at Kompleks Bunga Raya in KLIA to await the return of the Malaysian Olympics team
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The space was bursting with excitement and national pride as Malaysians were excitedly singing "Keranamu Malaysia" while waiting for the athletes. Just listen to that! 😀
Malaysians from all walks of life crowded the space hours before the expected time of arrival, eager to welcome our local heroes.
Press secretary for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Regina Lee was present too.
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Malaysians poured in carrying messages of congratulations while cheering and waving the Jalur Gemilang
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SAYS team with local filmmaker Luqman Sheikh Ghazali (middle) who initiated the #ProjectGoldForLCW as a show of appreciation for the nation's star badminton player
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… and the golden moment! Welcome back home Malaysian heroes! Thank you for making Malaysia proud! :')
Groups of families and friends make up the crowd gathered to welcome our victorious Olympians!
Our wira-wira negara were welcomed with more good news as PM Najib Razak announced that the government has increased the reward for the medallists.
Silver medallists will be rewarded RM500,000 and bronze winners will be getting RM300,000.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with all the national athletes during the press conference held at the Kompleks Bunga Raya at about 3:15pm, today 24 August 2016
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Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin was present at the welcoming ceremony too.
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Najib also mentioned that he is confident that Malaysia will win gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with our highest medal tally this year.
**We bagged three silver for badminton, another one for diving and one bronze for cycling.**
