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Once a world champion sailor, Singapore's Cecilia Low aims to start afresh at the SEA Games – as a kitefoiler

SINGAPORE: It was in the wake of disappointment that a new opportunity surfaced for national sailor Cecilia Low.

After missing out on what would have been her second Olympic Games, the Singaporean was taking time off in France last year, and contemplating trying out other sports for fun.

It was then that Low, 34, struck up a conversation with the mother of compatriot and Olympic medallist Maximilian Maeder.

"I didn't want to sail anymore, but then I was (thinking) maybe I could try windsurfing ... And then Max's mum was like: 'Why don't you try kite?'" Low recalled.

She had seen kitefoiling competitions up close while on the sailing circuit, but had never considered picking it up.

Low found the suggestion "interesting", but it was only after being introduced to a former coach of Maeder's that she started trying out kitefoiling in earnest.

Less than a year later, Low could be the latest kitefoiler to represent Singapore, after the Singapore Sailing Federation nominated her for SEA Games selection.

Thailand will host the biennial event in December, with events held across Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla. 

Low started sailing at the age of just eight, when her parents signed her and her sister up for lessons.

She went on to become one of Singapore's most successful athletes.

In 2010, Low combined with Rachel Lee to win Asian Games gold in the women's 420 class - a two-person sailing dinghy - and they followed up with a triumph at the 2012 World 420 Championships.

After Lee retired, Low teamed up with her sister Priscilla to win 2013 SEA Games gold in the 470 class, a more technical and challenging boat.

The sisters then took silver in the 29er, another sailboat class, in the following year's Asiad.

Low next joined forces with Kimberly

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