A tough nun to crack: Catholic nun is Singapore's first taekwondo world champion

Follow us on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsub Catholic nun Linda Sim of the Franciscan Sisters has another side to her: she is also a taekwondo champion. FOR SUBSCRIBERS: https://str.sg/w2Zc As a teenager, Sister Linda picked up taekwondo for self defence. She continued to practise and hone her skills, even after she joined the religious order of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) 43 years ago. And while her mission work has taken her to places such as Zimbabwe, it was taekwondo that took her to the top of the world in April this year. She became the first Singaporean to win a gold medal in the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, a world-level competition, in South Korea, according to Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) acting president David Koh. In Poomsae, the athlete performs a sequence of moves to fight an imaginary opponent. Sister Linda beat six other athletes to take the gold in the over 65 years of age category for women. SUBSCRIBE ➤ http://bit.ly/FollowST Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ https://www.straitstimes.com FACEBOOK ➤   / thestraitstimes   TIKTOK ➤   / straitstimes   INSTAGRAM ➤   / straits_times   TWITTER ➤   / straits_times   TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes PODCASTS ➤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts #straitstimes #catholicnun #taekwondo