Jumping for joy and medals


(From left, front row) Ahmad Taariq, Thaqif Iman, Aniq Irfan, Ahmad Nabil and Muhammad Khidair as well as (back row, from left) Hakimi Arif, Habibah, Mohd Ibrahim and SMK Dato Jaafar teacher Afendi Karim with the medals won and bronze trophy for a separate event by the host country called the Demo Cup.

A GROUP of six students were given a hero’s welcome in Johor Baru for making the country proud at an international jump rope tournament in China.

The students from Johor aged between 10 and 13, scored 10 medals — four gold, three silver and three bronze — at the Rope Skipping China Open 2019 tournament in Beijing.

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