Syafiqa’s lawn bowl silver is proof of her labour of love 


PETALING JAYA: National lawn bowler Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman (pic) says the women’s pairs silver medal she won at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games while five months pregnant with her first child is the most meaningful achievement of her career.

Syafiqa, who combined with Aleena Ahmad Nawawi to bag the silver medal at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) on Tuesday, said their journey to the final was no bed of roses.

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