Hard work pays off: Zy during a training session at the Penang Sports Club in George Town. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Despite catching Covid-19 a week before flying to Berlin, Germany, Zy Kher Lee went against all odds and bagged the gold medal in the Para-Swimming World Series Youth 200m Free finals.
Prior to contracting the virus, the 15-year-old swimmer, who was born with a complete left arm, half a right arm, no right leg and malformed left leg with only three toes, had an ear infection which forced him to stop training for two weeks.
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