13. Golds, Glory & Gravity with Kai Minejima-Lee

Our guest this episode is Kai Minejima-Lee (@kaiflysg), World Cup Freestyle Indoor Skydiving Champion and Singapore’s 2025 Sports Boy of the Year with more than a dozen medals to his name from international competitions in 2024!

At just 16 years old, Kai’s journey is already packed with twists, turns and tumbles, and not just in the air.

He opens up about:

• The turning point that set him on the path of competitive indoor skydiving
• Overcoming his darkest challenges as a young athlete
• The exhilaration of competing (and winning!) on the world stage
• His short- and long-term goals in sport

Joining Kai on the episode is his mum, Naomi, who shares a parent’s perspective on raising a world champion and how she and fellow parents of Team Singapore athletes come together to support their children as they fly high!

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