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By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n

Scoliosis is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spin that\u00a0affects about two percent of the population, including children and adults.<\/a>\u00a0While some people with scoliosis may take\u00a0up swimming lessons to strengthen their back muscles, other swimmers continue to excel even once they develop the condition.<\/p>\n

Australian distance swim star Jessica Ashwood<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has raced\u00a0in two Olympic Games while managing her S shaped spine. Malaysian Olympian\u00a0Cai Lin Khoo\u00a0<\/strong>recently underwent surgery to correct the curve she\u00a0swam with competitively for two decades.<\/p>\n

Khoo was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was eight years old. Her mom noticed that her back didn\u2019t look the same anymore and took her to a doctor. Scoliosis runs in her family; a few of her cousins have it as well.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Cai Lin Khoo<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the diagnosis, in the past 14 years, Khoo qualified for\u00a0two Olympics Games, five World Championships, two Asian Games, and two Commonwealth Games. Khoo specializes in distance freestyle events, and she currently holds four individual Malaysian national records in the 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 800 meter freestyle and 200 meter butterfly.<\/p>\n

Khoo learned to swim at the age of three. Her eldest sister took swim lessons to help her asthma, and Khoo\u00a0tagged along to swim practices. She then started competitive swimming at the age of seven, and her passion for swimming grew stronger as she got older.<\/p>\n

Like every other athlete, she had a dream: to be a part of the Olympic Games. \u201cI said that when I was 12, I didn\u2019t even know how big the Olympic Games were,\u201d said Khoo.<\/p>\n

When she turned 13, she became really competitive, and she was so determined to succeed in swimming that she did not allow anything to get in her way, even scoliosis. \u201cI had a huge passion for it [the sport] and nothing was going to come in between my swimming and myself,\u201d said Khoo.<\/p>\n

But with a big dream comes sacrifice. In addition to\u00a0constantly suffering from lower back pains, Khoo also suffered from shoulder pains too. The imbalance in her spine had definitely taken a huge toll on her shoulders. She overcompensated with one shoulder when the other side got injured, creating an\u00a0injury cycle for both of her shoulders.<\/p>\n

Due to her condition, Kho’s training regime usually differed from her teammates’. During dryland sessions or in the weight room, Khoo was limited to bodyweight exercises and exercises that didn\u2019t require heavy lifting. Exercises like squats or deadlifts were off limits because they would only hurt her spine.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Cai Lin Khoo<\/p><\/div>\n

Asked if she thinks that scoliosis was a disadvantage for her compared to other swimmers, she replied, \u201cI\u2019ve never really looked at it as a disadvantage, because you\u2019ll never know what other people might be suffering or going through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting a surgery to correct her spine had been on her mind since she was 16 years old. But there was only a 50 percent chance that she could make a comeback to competitive swimming scene again, so Khoo decided to delay the surgery.<\/p>\n

Even with the decision to delay surgery, she was not going to let scoliosis interfere with her dreams. Khoo set a goal for herself. \u201cI wanted to swim and achieve what I\u2019ve set out to achieve before I get the surgery done,\u201d said Khoo, and she went on and achieved that.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, at the age of 28, she finally decided to get the surgery done. \u201cAt some point in my life I would need to get this operation done,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause if it don\u2019t, it will just keep getting worse and sooner or later my internal organs and my lungs will be compressed by the curvature of my spine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back at her swimming career, Khoo regrets nothing. Asked if she would have done anything differently, including fixing her spine first before going all out in her swimming career, she replied,\u00a0\u201cNo, I wouldn’t have done anything differently because whatever I did paid off and I managed to achieve all my goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khoo took a powerful lesson away from her competitive swimming journey, \u201cNever give up and just focus on your dreams because nobody can bring you down except yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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