National boccia player Jeralyn Tan at the Cerebral Palsy Centre on Sept 13. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
SINGAPORE – Sitting in their nephew’s house at Jalan Kayu while surrounded by family, Rayven Tan and Elin Goh could not stop the tears from flowing on Sept 2.
On the TV before them, their 35-year-old daughter Jeralyn Tan had won a silver in boccia at the Paris Games to become only Singapore’s fourth Paralympic medallist after swimmers Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh and equestrienne Laurentia Tan.
Yet the tears were not solely for the historic moment.
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On the TV before them, their 35-year-old daughter Jeralyn Tan had won a silver in boccia at the Paris Games to become only Singapore’s fourth Paralympic medallist after swimmers Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh and equestrienne Laurentia Tan.
Yet the tears were not solely for the historic moment.
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