She may be of French-Malayali descent but national fencer Amitha Berthier is 'Singaporean more than anything'. “I love my prata, my char kway teow. And durians – I love durian anything, cakes or puffs or whatever,' the 23-year-old, who studied Malay...
She may be of French-Malayali descent but national fencer Amitha Berthier is"Singaporean more than anything".
“I’m pleased to be able to lock up a spot in Paris, that has been my goal for the past two years," she told The Straits Times after qualifying for the Paris Games on March 17.'Shameful' as Ukrainian fencer disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian “I was with my sister Aarya at United Square when we chanced upon a fencing school, Z Fencing, and we stepped in to give it a shot. The coaches there told our parents that we were naturals – though I’m not sure if it was just to get us to sign up. But the rest, as they say, is history," she said.
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