'Bad moments' in China training stint still plague ex-national gymnast Eileen Chai

Eileen Chai was nine when she trained in China for three years from the late 1980s to 1991. PHOTO: EILEEN CHAI
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SINGAPORE - Nearly 30 years after her training stint in China, former national gymnast Eileen Chai still remembers the fear of making a wrong move and being punished.

So vividly, that the 42-year-old broke down in tears while recounting her experience to The Straits Times recently.

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