Singapore's only world yo-yo champion spent $7k for 1 minute onstage

Mr Marcus Koh looks every bit the regular chap. But the down-to-earth 26-year-old won the Single-handed category (1A) at the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2011. PHOTO: ST
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SINGAPORE - Unknown to most people, a world yo-yo champion walks among them.

Clad in a black tee and jeans, Mr Marcus Koh looks every bit the regular chap. But the down-to-earth 26-year-old came out tops at the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2011.

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