Singapore’s indoor skydivers returned from the 2nd FAI Asian Indoor Skydiving Championship in Indonesia with 11 medals after a dominant showing, including three all-Singapore finals.
Competing in Bogor from 17 to 20 September, the Singapore contingent collected five golds, four silvers and two bronzes against athletes from seven Asian nations – China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Three events ended in Singapore one-two finishes.
Kai Minejima-Lee and Kyra Poh took gold and silver respectively in the Solo Freestyle Open; Jordan Lee beat Kai to the Solo Speed Open title, while sisters Kyra and Vera Poh defeated fellow Singaporeans Lee and Isabelle Koh in the 2-Way Dynamic final.
But one of the championship’s standout performances came before a medal was even decided.
Minejima-Lee breaks the 20-second barrier
17-year-old Minejima-Lee recorded a time of 19.411 seconds during the Solo Speed competition, becoming the first athlete to complete a competition round in under 20 seconds.
The mark has been submitted to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) for ratification.
Yet the fastest recorded round did not translate into gold.
Lee, 22, entered his first-ever Solo Speed competition and qualified at the top of the standings before facing Minejima-Lee in an all-Singapore final. He won both rounds to claim the Asian title without requiring a tie-break.
Lee said: “Coming into my first competition, I knew I had a lot to prove, so I didn’t want to play it safe. I decided to take the risk and fly closer lines, trusting myself to hold the formation.”
Lee, who is currently serving National Service, had previously represented Singapore in other indoor skydiving disciplines and won the 2-Way Dynamic title with Koh at the inaugural Asian Championships in Macau in 2024.
Minejima-Lee still left Bogor with two golds and a silver. The 17-year-old defended his Solo Freestyle Open Asian title ahead of Kyra and South Korea’s Hyunjae Yu, while also forming part of Singapore’s gold-medal-winning 4-Way Dynamic team.
Four events, four medals for Vera Poh
Another 17-year-old, Vera, finished as Singapore’s most decorated athlete of the championships.
Vera won gold in Junior Solo Speed, 2-Way Dynamic and 4-Way Dynamic, before adding bronze in 4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS). It meant she left Bogor with a medal from every event she entered.
One of those victories carried particular significance. Vera partnered older sister Kyra to win the 2-Way Dynamic title, defeating Lee and Koh in the final.
Two years earlier, Vera took silver in the same event while her older sister was recovering from a broken ankle. This time, the sisters could compete together.
Vera said: “I won silver in this event at the last Asian Championships while Kyra was recovering from a broken ankle, so to come back two years later and win gold together with her makes it even more special.”
Vera also became the inaugural Asian Junior Solo Speed champion, adding the continental title to a growing list of achievements that already includes the Junior Solo Speed world record and silver at the 2025 FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championship.
Singapore’s depth on show
Kyra, Vera, Minejima-Lee and Choo Yi Xuan combined to win the inaugural Asian Championships title in 4-Way Dynamic, beating South Korea in the final.
The discipline requires four flyers to perform together at speeds exceeding 275km/h, and its inclusion in the Asian Championships for the first time also offered a glimpse at indoor skydiving’s growing competitive footprint in the region. South Korea and Indonesia joined Singapore in fielding teams.
Singapore also made its first entry into the 4-Way VFS event, with Kyra, Vera, Lee and Choo taking bronze behind China and Indonesia.
The Singapore Army teams added two more medals, with the men’s team winning silver in 4-Way Formation Skydiving Open and the women’s team taking bronze in the female competition.
The Bogor championships were Singapore’s third international indoor skydiving competition of 2026, following the FAI World Cup in France in April and the Australian Open in August. Looking ahead, the programme is also hoping to see indoor skydiving included at the 2029 Southeast Asian Games on home soil.
