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Christina Tham talks about competing in underwater hockey and her incredible journey to last year's SEA Games victory.
Christina Tham talks about competing in underwater hockey and her incredible journey to last year's SEA Games victory. Photo: Christina Tham

Does This SEA Games Gold Medallist Look 50 To You? And Does Age Even Matter?

Christina Tham is the living embodiment of the adage that 'age is but a number'. At the age of 50, she made headlines when she won not one but two gold medals in underwater hockey at last year's SEA Games. Incredibly, this comes almost 4 decades after her last medal placing during her early teens, when she claimed a silver representing Singapore in another sport, swimming.

So what motivated this quinquagenarian to continue competing at such a high level? And how does she balance her training commitments while holding down a full-time legal career? Find out more in the video above.

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