SEA Games: Judo-sambo-wrestling? Meet S'pore's multi-talented Gary Chow and Timothy Loh

National wrestlers Gary Chow (in blue) and Timothy Loh will be competing at the Hanoi SEA Games after featuring in judo and sambo in previous editions. ST PHOTO: SAMUEL ANG
National wrestlers Gary Chow (in blue) and Timothy Loh will be competing at the SEA Games in Hanoi after featuring in judo and sambo in previous Games. ST PHOTO: SAMUEL ANG
Gary Chow (far left) and Timothy Loh (third from left) with the Singapore wrestling team. PHOTO: SG_WRESTLING/INSTAGRAM
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SINGAPORE - A cuddly, yellow creature is not what one would associate with 110kg strongman Timothy Loh, but Pikachu and Co are how the national athlete describes his foray into three different sports - judo, sambo and now wrestling.

"It's like a Pokemon collection, you gotta catch them all," says a grinning Loh, in a nod to the anime series' theme song.

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