A new 'start point': Proposal perfect ending to Singapore triathlete Bryce Chong's final SEA Games event

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SINGAPORE – On Monday (May 8) morning, national triathlete Bryce Chong stood at Kep beach, heart pounding and palms sweaty. It was not a race, however, that was making him jittery. Instead, the 26-year-old had another nerve-racking task to complete just hours after finishing his final SEA Games event – proposing to long-time girlfriend Sheryl Foo. And there were happy...

Bryce Chong pulled off the surprise with the help of his teammates, who gathered the team to witness and capture photographs and videos of the proposal.SINGAPORE – On Monday morning, national triathlete Bryce Chong stood at Kep beach, heart pounding and palms sweaty.

Chong, who won Singapore’s first Games medal in Cambodia with a bronze in the men’s aquathlon on Saturday – he finished fifth in the triathlon on Monday – said the proposal was “tenfold” more stressful than competing in a race. He pulled off the surprise with the help of his teammates, such as women’s triathlon bronze medallist Louisa Middleditch, who gathered the team to witness and capture photographs and videos of the proposal.The interior designer said: “My mental state was recovering because I was very nervous throughout the day because of his race.

 

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