When she was three years old, Moza Alyka Baihakki went to the swimming pool with her granddad to 'play around in the water'. But that play session marked the start of her love for swimming, which blossomed into a passion driven by a competitiveness and dreams of the...
When she was three years old, Moza Alyka Baihakki went to the swimming pool with her granddad to"play around in the water".
The 12-year-old daughter of former national football player Baihakki Khaizan told The Straits Times:"I just enjoy being in the water. I dream of representing Singapore at the Paralympics and bringing home the gold medal." Moza, who was born without her right arm, broke the women’s 50m breaststroke SB9 national record on top of winning both the 50m freestyle and backstroke.
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