Ahead of Paris 2024, CNA speaks to the loved ones of Team Singapore's athletes to find out what it takes to parent an Olympian.
SINGAPORE: A memory which Hwee Keng Maeder has kept closest to her heart is not what one might expect.
"He was exposed to many different sports," said his mother."I brought him to ping-pong, tennis, badminton; we gave them a whole range." Heading into the Olympic Games in August, Max, a back-to-back world champion and arguably the most in-form of the racing fleet, will undoubtedly be one of the medal favourites.
Max's parents also encouraged him, while not yet a teenager, to talk to others about National Service, which would be part and parcel of taking up Singapore citizenship."It can push you, it can help you, it can give you a new perspective, whatever that may be," said Max."I think I would enjoy it, at least from what I heard.
At a beach in Mexico, the youngest competitor at the 2018 Hydrofoil Pro Tour was asked about his long-term goals within the sport.Maximilian enjoying the sport when he was young.
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