National short-track speed skater Anja Chong won a gold medal in the Ladies 1000m short track speed skating during the 29th SEA Games Kuala Lumpur 2017 at Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium (MyNISS) in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star.
PETALING JAYA: Facing negativity is a norm when one tries to make it in a less popular sport and national speed skater Anja Chong (pic) has had to endure some unbearably icy remarks.
The 24-year-old Anja, however, is far from frozen by her detractors. She has chosen a cool response – and that is to make her critics eat their words when her moment arrives.
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