Thomson bags first Sukma gold

Hoe Thompson showing off the gold medal he won in the men's individual kata event at Sukma, after beat Johor’s Chun Jet San 5-0 in the final.

KANGAR: Every athlete gets his start somewhere. And for Hoe Thomson, it all began at Batu Lanchang in Penang.

It all happened by chance when one day his father, Hoe Inn Thye, took the then nine-year-old Thomson to the Penang Goshin Ryu Karate Association Hall and asked him if he wanted to join the class. And that was that.