SEA Games: 'Rubber band' shooter dreams of taking Vietnam to the world stage

Vietnamese archer Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi practiced by firing rubber bands at a target for months. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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HANOI - Imagine standing in a room and firing yellow rubber bands onto a paper target 10 metres away. Shoot, repeat - five days a week, 20 days a month.

This is no classroom game.

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