Team Singapore’s Jeralyn Tan (right) with her competition partner and coach Yunita Omar. PHOTO: GOH SI WEI/SNPC
SINGAPORE – With a historic Paralympic gold on the line, nerves took hold of boccia player Jeralyn Tan on Sept 2, when she ran a 5-0 deficit halfway through her women’s individual BC1 final against Frenchwoman Aurelie Aubert.
The Singaporean, 35, rallied bravely at the South Paris Arena 1 and almost forced a tiebreak. But she eventually lost 5-4 in a tearful and thrilling encounter that kept spectators in Paris and back home on the edge of their seats.
Still, there were happy tears at the end for Tan, who claimed a historic Paralympic silver in the sport. In doing so, she became the Republic’s fourth Paralympic medallist after swimmers Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh, and equestrienne Laurentia Tan.
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The Singaporean, 35, rallied bravely at the South Paris Arena 1 and almost forced a tiebreak. But she eventually lost 5-4 in a tearful and thrilling encounter that kept spectators in Paris and back home on the edge of their seats.
Still, there were happy tears at the end for Tan, who claimed a historic Paralympic silver in the sport. In doing so, she became the Republic’s fourth Paralympic medallist after swimmers Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh, and equestrienne Laurentia Tan.
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