Lightweight outperforms heavyweights


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019

Happiness: Heng (middle) flanked by runner-up Lambkin (right) and second runner-up Clair during the prize award ceremony at the championship in Gold Coast, Australia

KOTA KINABALU: Being the lightest of them all did not stop strongwoman Joyce Heng Shu Xia winning the Women’s Open title in the Static Monsters World Championships 2019.

The 32-year-old won gold, beating 10 other finalists including Australians Emily Lambkin, who was first runner-up, and Alirene Clair (second runner-up) during the event in Australia’s Gold Coast on Sunday.

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