Welson and Fatehah bag Olympian of the Year awards


All smiles: Welson Sim posing for a photograph after winning the Olympian of the Year award in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — ART CHEN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: No one is more surprised than Welson Sim himself after winning the men’s Olympian of the Year award.

The 20-year-old bagged the prestigious Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) annual award for his two-gold stellar show at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in August.

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