Doubles champ Fie Cho goes from sawdust to stardust


National women doubles pair Soong Fie Cho and Amelia Anscelly in action at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea last September. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: In just four years, Soong Fie Cho has turned from a helper at a sawmill company in Sabah’s Lahad Datu to a badminton champion.

And buoyed by the change of fortune in her badminton career, the 24-year-old Fie Cho is now looking forward to her first All-England appearance with Amelia Anscelly in Birmingham from March 3-8.

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