Debutant Fu Jie surprised to share gold with teammate Jeremiah


Flying the flag high: National gymnasts Tan Fu Jie (left) and Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing with their gold medals at the Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MiTEC) yesterday.

NATIONAL artistic gymnasts Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing and Tan Fu Jie have nothing in common – except that the pommel horse is their pet event.

The duo, however, sprang a surprise when they ended up sharing the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games gold in pommel horse with identical 13.650 scores at the Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MiTEC) yesterday.

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