GOOD MIX

By Dan Cai, Student Reporter, Raffles Institution
Picture By Singapore Sailing

Sports and studies are a good mix, going by the performances of top sailors Justin Liu (pictured, right) and Elizabeth Yin in last year’s GCE "A" level exams. The two are among the national athletes who had cause to celebrate when their results were announced on Friday (5 March).

Sporting Feats
Justin, a former student of Raffles Institution, scored 5As (project work, chemistry, economics, geography, mathematics) and a B (general paper). This is an achievement as the 2006 Asian Games gold medallist had missed classes because of his sailing. Among his sporting feats last year were gold in the Australian National Championships and a fourth place finish (with teammate Sherman Cheng) in the 420 class at the World Championships in Brazil. The 18-year-old next plans to pursue a degree in business or management, possibly in Australia.

Contender For Olympics
Victoria Junior College’s Elizabeth, also 18, shone with 4As (chemistry, mathematics, geography and knowledge and inquiry) and a C (physics). A contender for a place in the Singapore team for the 2012 London Olympics, she has triumphed a few times at the world level, winning the Laser Radial crown last year, the Laser 4.7 in 2007 and the Byte class in 2006. In 2009, she won the Australian National Radial Women's title. She is now enrolled in a Bachelor of Science course at the University of Sydney.