The battle is not yet over for newly-minted SEA Games gold medalist Jamie Lim as she sets her sights on higher grounds— both in the academe and sports
Lim, who this year also graduated summa cum laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in mathematics, likewise bared her plans to pursue higher education.. Masters in Data Science, it's something very new. But I hope to do as well as I did with sports and math,” she added.Lim made quite an impression in her SEA Games debut as she she edged out Indonesia’s world champion Georgia Zefanya in the final of the women’s karatedo +61 kg. category on Monday.
It wasn’t always a smooth ride, however, as she had her fair share of struggles ahead of the regional meet.na sana marecruit ako for the national team. It's such a long shot. It's a risk, and I don't usually take risks. But I did,” Lim said, noting that she had to push aside her plans for a Masters degree to compete in the sporting event.
While future plans are already in place, Lim stressed she’s taking it one day at a time, as she continues to relish the gold medal finish. the universe gave me a gold even though I already got summa cum laude. I thought I already had enough luck that year,” she added. Lim is only one of the country’s 149 gold medalists in the recently concluded biennial meet, where the Philippines was declared
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