Annie Choong beaming with pride after being inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia Hall of Fame in 2017.
She competed in the 100 yards on merit and might have been eliminated in the heats, clocking 12.73 seconds to finish fourth, but the impact she had on women’s sports in Malaysia was notable. Rajamani’s 57.8 seconds over the distance was commendable as until 1960 women were banned from running distances over 200m in the Olympics, because the International Olympic Council was convinced that their bodies could not cope with the strain.
Sixty-five years ago, when Choong was running the 100 yard and 200 yard sprints and doing the long jump and high jump, women were not encouraged to participate in sports. Choong’s father bought her spikes and attire, and a bicycle to go from her home in Kampung Baru to her office in Ampang and to Cheras for training.
Choong said shop owners along Batu Road in Kuala Lumpur gave generously, between $5 and $100, “perhaps telling themselves I was representing all the girls here at the Olympics”.
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