What’s In My Bag
Rower Saiyidah Aisyah and the power of journaling
Singapore’s Paris 2024 Olympians share more about the essentials that help them perform at their best.
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Saiyidah Aisyah became Singapore's first rower to compete at the Olympics when she qualified for the 2016 Rio Games.
PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
Saiyidah Aisyah always has a journal to pen down anything related to her races. It contains things required for her mental preparations like her strength list, things to do before a race and post-race reflections.
The rower, 36, has a different journal for every year and when she went for the Paris 2024 qualifiers in April, she brought along her journal from the 2016 Rio Olympics qualification event.
Aisyah, competing at her second Games after a maiden outing in Brazil, said: “A must for me is my visor and sunglasses. I can’t imagine rowing without anything on my head because it gets really hot and sunny. And of course sunscreen, which I recently learnt is very important.”
Saiyidah Aisyah brings her iPad with her on race days to watch motivational videos or read e-books.
ST PHOTO: KIMBERLY KWEK
