PETALING JAYA: National dancer Cherry Yeo gave Malaysia the icing on the cake at the Vietnam Dancesport Festival by taking the silver medal in the solo latin female category on Sunday (July 13).
Competing in the Asian Championships category, Cherry danced her way to second place behind Vietnam’s Nguyen Hoang Ngoc, while Hong Kong’s Abby Lo took third place in Ho Chi Minh City.
Cherry was glad to bounce back after returning empty-handed at the World Championships in Germany last month, where she finished 19th in the discipline.
"It feels amazing to be able to pick myself back up after what was a disappointment for me during the World Championships,” said Cherry.
"I’m also happy to get this with my parents and coaches coming all the way here to Vietnam to support me."
Cherry, who is now juggling her time with her tertiary education, said that time to train her Latin dance is limited.
"Now that I’m in university, I’m not able to train Latin as much. But since now it’s the summer break, I will be training as hard as I can ahead of the Malaysian Open in two weeks," she said.
Cherry had created history last October when she became the first Malaysian to bag the World DanceSport Federation’s World Cup Solo Latin in Belgrade, Serbia.
Malaysia wrapped up their campaign in Vietnam with a silver and bronze medal in the Asian Championships, with the bronze coming from Tay Xin Yee in the Youth Solo Standard category.
In the Southeast Asian category, Malaysia claimed two silver medals from Ooi Ken Vin and Zoe Tan, who came in second place in the rumba and jive events.
