Hard work pays off for Nicol, says her father

Proud parents: A file picture of Desmond and wife Ann Marie looking at some of Nicol’s achievements.

GEORGE TOWN: Five-and-a-half-day-week, six hours a day of training and a punishing schedule as a professional player that lasted for almost 20 years.

These were among the sacrifices Datuk Nicol Ann David, who just claimed the World Games’ Greatest Athlete of All Time (GOAT) honour, had to make before the curtain came down on her illustrious career in 2019.