Cheong Min first exponent to win highest sports accolade


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PETALING JAYA: Track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang romped to his fourth National Sportsman of the Year award (2019-2020) while pint-sized exponent Tan Cheong Min scored a first for wushu after was crowned as the National Sports-woman of the Year.

The 24-year-old Cheong Min was in seventh heaven after winning her biggest accolade, receiving the prize from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at a hotel in the city last night.

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