Mandy-Sydney-Loh strike gold after gruelling training grind

Making us proud: (from left) Sydney Chin, Mandy Cebelle Chen and Loh Ying Ting posing with their women’s duilian gold medals. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

BANGKOK: They trained like women possessed, putting in six to seven hours a day - and it paid off.

Wonder girls Mandy Cebelle Chen, Sydney Chin and Loh Ying Ting owned the carpet, winning the women’s duilian barehands event to kickstart Malaysia’s gold hunt in wushu at Cheng Wattana Government Complex.