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Why swimmer Quah Jing Wen’s tears matter so much

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Singapore swimmer Quah Jing Wen spoke with honesty and bravery about how testing defeat can be.

Quah Jing Wen spoke with honesty and bravery about how testing defeat can be.

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In the immediate aftermath of her

third place in the 200m butterfly at the SEA Games

, her lungs searching for oxygen, ambition dented, self-esteem bruised, everything so acutely painful, swimmer Quah Jing Wen did us a mighty favour.

She took off her invisible armour and wept.

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