Jackie hammers down myth about women coaches


Coach Gu Yuan talking to woman hammer thrower Nur Fazira Jalaluddin and men's hammer thrower Jackie Wong Siew Cheer. Shahrul Fazry Ismail / The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Hammer thrower Jackie Wong Siew Cheer has dispelled the myth that women coaches can’t help male athletes improve on their performances.

Jackie, who has been training under coach Gu Yuan of China for the last three years, has rewritten the national record five times during that period.

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