SEA Games: Soh Rui Yong finishes fourth in 5,000m in Games return

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PHNOM PENH – Back in the SEA Games after a six-year absence, distance runner Soh Rui Yong could not mark his comeback with a medal on Tuesday, but he was happy to have “punched above my weight”. Competing in a near-empty Morodok Techo National Stadium, the 31-year-old...

“I am 31 and I am getting better as I age. Look out for me in two years in the marathon. But first we have the 10,000m to come.”not selected for the 2019 and 2022 SEA Games

While Soh did not make the podium in Phnom Penh, teammate Goh Chui Ling – who is competing in her sixth Games – did, after a national-record 4:26.33 in the women’s 1,500m for the bronze.Goh, 30, whoin 2022, received news last Friday that her 1,500m medal would be upgraded to a silver. She will also be awarded a bronze in the 800m, taking her total from that edition of the Games to three.

 

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