SMU undergraduate Kimberly Lim who won gold in women's 49erFX at the Asian Games, said that deferring her studies is “not really a sacrifice, it’s a choice”. To hear them speak joyously of sailing is to know they made the right one. Yet to be extraordinary in sport is to give up so much of the ordinary life. Like birthdays and butter, parties and studies, sleep and savings. Ms Lim misses "time with family" for she is currently based in Portugal.