ST Full-time Report: Battling Shannon Tan triumphant in Germany
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Singaporean golfer Shannon Tan is proud of her battling qualities after showing nerves of steel in taming the notoriously difficult course at the German Masters en route to winning her second Ladies European Tour title.
Meanwhile, Tia Rozario is also in high spirits after clearing over 6m at an athletics meet in Thailand to seal a place in the long jump event for the SEA Games later this year.
Separately, departing national coach Tsutomu Ogura is happy to have helped build an atmosphere of 'high motivation' within the Singapore football team. His stint was terminated prematurely because of personal reasons.
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