00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our number one seed, from Malaysia, Lee Jane Sin.
00:09She's done it! Lee Jane Sin of Malaysia has won the 2024 U.S. Women's Olympic.
00:16As a national athlete, yes, there's a certain amount of weight that we carry.
00:22And especially we are going for major tournaments and all.
00:27Obviously, we are very proud to be representing Malaysia.
00:39It was a sports comeback like no other.
00:42After a brief hiatus as a national women's bowler, Sin Lee Jane stormed back in style winning three major titles
00:51at the Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour in the U.S., including the prestigious 2024 U.S. Women's Open.
01:01The Ipoh girl also made history when she became the first Asian to win the PWBA Player of the Year title,
01:10earning a place in the Malaysia Book of Records in the process.
01:15I was having the best time of my life.
01:18Actually, I'm trying to sink in every moment that I had there.
01:22Proud of winning, but not that many titles.
01:29Sin's bowling career began when she was only eight years old.
01:33Her parents often took her and her two older brothers to the Royal Perak Golf Club during school holidays,
01:39filling their time with tennis, swimming and bowling.
01:43It was there that she developed her love for bowling.
01:46Bowling is more to do better within myself.
01:53I'm not competing with other people and it's a non-contact sport as well.
01:59So it's more towards myself and the lanes and the balls and also the pin.
02:07Sin began representing her home state at just nine years old,
02:11juggling bowling practice in the morning with school in the afternoon.
02:16I knew that I wanted to go into sports. I wanted to be an athlete.
02:21My childhood dream was representing Malaysia.
02:26When she turned 14, she moved from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur,
02:30studying at the Bukit Jalil Sports School and training at the Sunway Megalanes Bowling Centre in Sunway Pyramid.
02:37In fact, it was Sin's mother who encouraged the move.
02:42When I was here, she did her job to be with me and support me all the way as a bowler.
02:51And until today, my mum and my brother, Ken, both of them, they've been supporting me.
03:00So, yeah, that's why I say it's important for, as an athlete, to have a very good support system.
03:09Sin also credits the Malaysian 10-pin Bowling Congress and her national head coach, Ben Heng Boon Hian,
03:16for helping her stay focused during challenging moments.
03:21This support proved crucial when Sin returned to the PWBA Tour.
03:27And winning the Singapore Open in 2023, after the disruptions of COVID-19,
03:33reignited her confidence and her professional career, which began in her teens.
03:39Bowling has taught me to be like, you know, sometimes it's a good day and sometimes you will have a bad day.
03:45And, you know, it's important for us to, you know, get up and do what we are supposed to do.
03:52I mean, like, sometimes staying positive is hard, always.
03:57But at some point, yeah, you have to, you have to.
04:03Looking ahead, Sin hopes to clinch more titles like the United States Bowling Congress,
04:09Queens and the World Championship.
04:12But she's not putting too much pressure on herself.
04:16My ultimate goal right now is to enjoy every moment that I'm having right now while I'm still a bowler.
04:25It's not all about winning.
04:27It's about the process of, you know, do you enjoy what you're doing?
04:31And are you, like, happy at what you're doing?
04:37Yeah, I think that's more important.
04:42Right now, obviously, yes.
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