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37 articles

20 January 2026
From goalball to judo: How para-athlete Joan Hung’s bold pivot to a new sport paid off
Kaya speaks to Para athlete Joan Hung as she takes on a new battlefield as a Para Judoka—and leads the Singapore contingent as the flag bearer for the 13th ASEAN Para Games.
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7 January 2026
Guiding the next wave: Jovin Tan gives back as a para sailing coach
Jovin Tan, Singapore’s first para sailing coach and winner of Coach (Community) of the Year at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards 2025, steered through choppy beginnings to chart a course filled with purpose and impact.
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27 November 2024
Making play inclusive for everyone
Coaches Joan Hung and Jason Leong are creating opportunities for athletes of all backgrounds to thrive.
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8 October 2024
Aspiring junior athletes interview Olympic medalist Max Maeder
The first-time Olympian stopped by the National Youth Sports Institute for a candid chat with the next generation of Singapore sporting greats.
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26 August 2024
Marching towards greatness: A musician’s ode to Singapore’s Paralympians
From uploading cover songs on YouTube to singing and composing the theme song for the Singapore Paralympic Team, Kaya learns more about Sky’s inspiring music journey as a person with disability.
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12 August 2024
Charting new waters: An ex-Olympian guides the next generation of sailors
After retiring from competitive sailing at the 2008 Olympics, former Team Singapore athlete Xu Yuanzhen returns to the national fold as an assistant team manager, embarking on yet another Olympic journey with current national sailors Ryan Lo and Max Maeder.
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16 July 2024
Reinventing the oar: Saiyidah Aisyah's Paris comeback
Scull rower Saiyidah Aisyah decided to make an Olympic comeback just months before the qualifier. Through incredible determination, and many hours on the water, she made it. But she will face tough competition in Paris.
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14 May 2024
Meet Auntie Dolly, mother and mentor to Team Singapore athletes over 10 years
Dolly Lo is mother to three national athletes, grandmother to three grandchildren, and mother-mentor to many more of Team Singapore athletes across the different sports. Having nurtured a whole generation of youth athletes over the past 10 years, here are the lessons she has learnt about mentorship and motherhood.
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18 March 2024
From Olympian to dad: The spaces that shaped my journey
Two-time Olympian, Derek Wong, takes a trip down memory lane to revisit the milestones that were monumental in his eight-year sporting career – and in his love life with fellow shuttler and retired national athlete, Vanessa Neo!
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16 January 2024
Ice, ice, babies: The teen skaters going for gold at the Youth Winter Olympics
Student-athletes Amelia Chua and Ryo Ong are staying cool under pressure in Gangwon, South Korea as they prepare for their biggest competition yet.
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