Eddy hitting the right targets in young shooting career

National shooter Eddy Chew (right) celebrates with the Malaysian team after bagging the 50m free pistol gold medal at the Myanmar SEA Games last year. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: Youngster Eddy Chew went to last year’s Myanmar SEA Games as an unknown. He returned home as one of Malaysia’s heroes.

The 18-year-old shocked the field in the men’s 50m free pistol event to end Malaysia’s 30-year-old gold drought. Eddy also bagged a silver (men’s 10m air pistol) and a bronze (men’s 50m free pistol team) with Johnathan Wong Guanjie and Abdul Hadi Abdul Malek to become the most successful Malaysian shooter at the Games.