S1E39: Victories, near misses and new stars from the SEA Games: ST Sports Talk

Synopsis: Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times tackles Singapore's national sports talking points.

In this episode, the ST sports desk quartet of Sazali Abdul Aziz, Kimberly Kwek, Laura Chia and Deepanraj Ganesan review the Hanoi SEA Games from the Vietnamese capital, where Team Singapore won a good share of the medals that were on offer - with 47 gold, 46 silver and 71 bronze medals - for their third-best showing at an overseas SEA Games.

Highlights(click/tap above):

01:13  Singapore swimming's new stars

04:53  Loh Kean Yew comes close again

07:30  Were football and shooting let off the hook?

12:14  Triumphs that went under the radar

14:20  ST's moments of the Hanoi Games

Read more: https://str.sg/wXnF

Produced by: Sazali Abdul Aziz (msazali@sph.com.sg), Teo Tong Kai and Eden Soh

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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