Inspired by wildlife and birds

Ting drawing Gentoo penguins during her first visit to Bluff Cove lagoon, Falkland islands in 2018.

KOTA KINABALU: From early on, Wong Yee Ting was gifted athletically, representing Sabah and the country as a national sprinter in her teens.

She was acknowledged as the fastest woman in Borneo when she was 15, with her highest achievement representing Malaysia twice – in the Asean School in 1986 and the Asian Junior Track and Field in 1987 for the 4x100 relay category.