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Don’t freak out. Soak it in. Have faith. Old hands offer wise words to SEA Games newbies
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![28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - EXPO Hall 2 - Singapore - 12/6/15
Taekwondo - Women's Individual Poomsae - Final - Singapore's Chelsea Sim in action
Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters [SEA Games 2015].](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/9d8f490c7ac6028710a1f1ca8c1afe5b29abb4ae1a761e828f4581580c392051?w=480)
Singapore's Chelsea Sim won gold in the women's individual poomsae at the 2015 SEA Games on home soil.
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Ninety-nine years ago as a theological student in spikes readied himself for a test of faith he got a Biblical helping hand. It was July 1924, the 400m finals at the Paris Olympics, and Eric Liddell – made famous in the film Chariots of Fire – was passed a note from a team masseur which contained a line from the Bible.
“Those who honour me I will honour”.
