Sporting Life

Syahidah takes aim and fires past adversity

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Feet slip from cycling pedals, guns fall and sights break, swimming goggles fill with water. This is sport and bad luck is a guarantee and calamity is a given. But it's how you handle yourself that defines you.

Nur Syahidah Alim, world para archery champion from Singapore and owner of a perky laugh, has a degree in handling adversity. How many stories do you want? Shall we start with Rio in 2016 and her first match at her first Paralympics?

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 29, 2019, with the headline Syahidah takes aim and fires past adversity. Subscribe