Experience the true prize for youngsters Kang Xian, Marissa


Getting serious: Yeap Kang Xian in action during the women’s vault final.

WHEN you’re a youngster, medals are not the primary objective, experience is.

National gymnasts Yeap Kang Xian and Marissa Zaiful Azlan gained plenty of valuable experience at their debut Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finishing seventh and eighth respectively in the women’s vault final yesterday.

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