A hot, hot show in Cambodia, will our athletes shine or wilt?


THURSDAYS are badminton nights and a few of us would sweat it out for two hours until midnight at the White Fairy badminton hall in Puchong.This week was extra-hard. We had a friendly match and it was fun, but everyone was soaked in sweat – it was that hot.

That had me thinking of our athletes who will be in Cambodia next week. It won’t be fun but competitive and worse, they will competing under sweltering conditions at the SEA Games.

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