A long and fruitful season that included a historic silver medal at the Paris Paralympics and a World Boccia Cup title in Montreal will finally wrap up for Singapore's Jeralyn Tan in two weeks' time.
Tan, the world No. 1 in the women's BC1 category, and her coach Yurnita Omar will conclude their 2024 schedule at the Nov 14-22 World Boccia Challenger in Bahrain.
They will then return home for a long-awaited two-week break before starting preparations for next season in December.
Overseas training camps have been lined up from January to May and Tan will resume competition in the second half of 2025.
She is down for two legs of the World Boccia Cup from July to September, before a World Boccia Challenger event in November. This will gear her up for the Asean Para Games in January 2026 in Thailand, where they have set a modest target of a podium finish.
Yurnita said on Nov 7: "Since we returned from Paris, it has been a series of events, engagements.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 08, 2024 من The Straits Times.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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