Competitors set their sights on coveted trophies in cheerleading event

Sound the siren: Team Cyrens of Sri Kuala Lumpur is gunning for a ninth consecutive title.

KUALA LUMPUR: Excitement and anticipation are running high as the race for the coveted Cheer 2018 trophies intensifies.

With a week to go before the Cheer finals next Saturday, expect gravity-defying moves, tantalising twists and tumbles, and pinpoint formations at Malaysia’s biggest cheerleading event.