Time for Joscelin Yeo to swim into Hall of Fame
With such impressive credentials, the former ace swimmer is surely a shoo-in for induction
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WAY back in 1995, I was approached by Joscelin Yeo's mother, Lee Choo, to hand over a parcel to her 16-year-old daughter who was then studying in Melbourne.
Madam Lee Choo knew that I was making regular trips to the Australian city as my own daughter was also studying there. I readily agreed, and when Lee Choo came to drop the parcel at my home, I asked her what the contents were.
"Nothing much, just a dozen swimsuits. Jos needs them as she is swimming in competition and practice twice a day," she replied. When I arrived at her boarding school residence in South Yarra in Melbourne, she was in class. I left it with the receptionist, who beamed: "Oh, for Singapore's number 1 athlete. No problem."
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