Indoor skydiving world champ Kyra Poh on flying high with sister Vera: 'One day, she will be better than me'

Fun, easy-going, carefree – these were three qualities that came to mind when we first met Kyra and Vera Poh, the sibling pair breaking records with their drive, flexibility and speed.

When CNA Women first sat down with the sisters for an interview in June, they were back to their training routine at Sentosa's iFly Singapore after a very successful stint at the 4th FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving 2022, which took place in Belgium a couple of months ago. 

Kyra, 19, had bagged the gold medal for the freestyle solo open category. Meanwhile, it was 12-year-old Vera's first time competing at the World Cup and she also clinched two gold medals in the two-way and four-way dynamic categories. (Dynamic flying is when flyers, whether solo or in teams, execute choreographed routines in the fastest time possible.)

Four months earlier, the siblings had also taken part in the Belgium Open Indoor Skydiving Championship in December, where they competed together for the first time in the two-way dynamic category and came in first.

“We were the only all-female sibling team and it was really nice. It's always been my grandfather's dream for us to fly together and win,” recounted Kyra.

“I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO FLY”

To have one young competitive indoor skydiver in the family is notable enough. To have two sisters is something else.

Kyra recalled how her introduction to such a niche sport was "completely by chance".  Her mother, who works in advertising, had needed people to be part of an iFly Singapore commercial back in 2010, a year before Singapore’s first and only indoor skydiving facility officially opened. 

“I mean, who wouldn't want to try? Every eight-year-old will want to fly when they get the opportunity to,” she shared. “I wanted to be