Saturday, April 1, 2023
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home Sports

Party time as COVID-delayed SEA Games close in Hanoi

AFPbyAFP
May 24, 2022, 8:00 am
in Sports, Sports Plus
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

The SEA Games in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi came to a noisy and colourful close on Monday after more than two weeks of competition in everything from athletics to football and eSports.

Participants take part in the closing ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Hanoi on May 23, 2022. AFP

The closing ceremony, held in an indoor sports complex and a joyful mix of dancing, music, and pageantry, brought the curtain down on a Games which started six months late because of COVID.

Nearly 5,000 athletes from 11 countries fought for Southeast Asian pride, with hosts Vietnam easily topping the medals table with 205 golds, followed by Thailand and Indonesia in distant second and third.

The closing gala, at a venue with a capacity of about 3,000, was markedly smaller than the opening ceremony when tens of thousands crammed into the My Dinh stadium.

But it did not disappoint as men in white military garb came out onto a stage holding the flags of the 11 nations. Heavy rain fell outside.

ADVERTISEMENT

Hailing the biennial competition a success, Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh declared the Games closed and the mantle was handed over to Cambodia, which will stage the 32nd edition about a year from now.

“The torch of peace and development in Southeast Asia will continue to shine,” he said.

Athletes from the countries did not parade before the audience during the ceremony.

Record-breakers

When the Games finally got under way earlier this month, Singapore emerged again as SEA swim kings with 21 golds in the pool.

Malaysia swept all eight golds in the diving, in what was a generally disappointing Games for the country, coming a lowly sixth in the medals table with 39 gold.

East Timor won three silvers and two bronze to prop up the table.

Stars of the future were made and some bolstered their already global reputation.

Thailand’s 16-year-old Puripol Boonson shattered the 200m Games record and also clinched the 100m gold as he became the region’s new sprint king on the track.

Reigning Olympic champions Panipak Wongpattanakit from Thailand defended her taekwondo crown, as did Filipino Hidilyn Diaz in women’s weightlifting.

A national hero in the Philippines, Diaz is already eyeing up the Paris 2024 Olympics.

But Singapore’s former Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling hinted in Hanoi that his career is almost at an end age 26, but not before adding two more SEA Games golds to make it 29 for him overall.

Controversially, he was denied gold in freestyle relay when Singapore’s sprint team was disqualified.

There was disappointment too for the Philippines’ bodybuilders, who were barred from competing over failing to fulfill anti-doping rules, forcing them to leave Hanoi without even taking to the stage.

Organisers nominated Vietnam’s Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming) and Nguyen Thi Oanh (athletics), Singapore’s Quah Jing Wen (swimming), and Thailand’s Joshua Robert Atkinson (athletics) as the Games’ top competitors.

Tags: 31st Southeast Asian GamesCOVID-19 pandemicPham Minh ChinhVietnam
ADVERTISEMENT
AFP

AFP

Related Posts

Limited seats left for Gilas PH, US games in FIBA World Cup

byRandy Caluag
March 31, 2023, 8:50 pm
0
8
All Filipino win sets up Creamline’s grand-slam bid

Gilas Pilipinas will play five games in the first and second rounds of eliminations of the FIBA World Cup 2023....

Read more

Otake, Castro gross leaders at Southwoods Invitationals

byManila Standard
March 31, 2023, 8:45 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Masaichi Otake and guest teammate Zachary Castro sustained their top form and combined for 72 points in Aggregate format at...

Read more

POC: ASICS official PH team outfitter in Cambodia SEAGPOC: ASICS official PH team outfitter in Cambodia SEAG

byManila Standard
March 31, 2023, 8:40 pm
0
8
All Filipino win sets up Creamline’s grand-slam bid

Members of Team Philippines will again be clad in ASICS national team kits following the renewal of partnership between the...

Read more

All Filipino win sets up Creamline’s grand-slam bid

byManila Standard
March 31, 2023, 8:35 pm
0
8
All Filipino win sets up Creamline’s grand-slam bid

ON track for another crack at women’s volley’s version of a grand slam, Creamline looks to achieve the feat this...

Read more

Cebu seeks PFL top spot vs. Mendiola

byManila Standard
March 31, 2023, 8:30 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Dynamic Herb Cebu FC tries to wrest top spot when it faces Mendiola FC in the Philippines Football League brought...

Read more

Cool Smashers back as PVL queens, whip Angels in 4 sets

byManila Standard Sports
March 30, 2023, 9:50 pm
0
8
Coo vows to push for more sports events for women

Creamline took the harder route, but still made it look quite easy in a sudden death, out-smarting the Petro Gazz...

Read more

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • President: Keep military assets in tip-top shape
  • Palace says work stops April 5 at noon to aid Holy Week lull
  • Palm Sunday Ready
  • EU welcomes ‘willing’ PH on EJKs
  • ‘Bloody Sunday’ panel dismisses raps vs. 17 cops
  • British bilateral, maritime, trade ties with PH up
  • Traffic? Put PUV stops on major roads
  • Hosanna! Our King is here!

Advertisement

Latest News

British bilateral, maritime, trade ties with PH up

byManila Standard
April 1, 2023, 12:25 am
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

The United Kingdom and the Philippines are looking at an upgraded bilateral cooperation as London sought to strengthen its maritime...

Read more

Traffic? Put PUV stops on major roads

byManila Standard
April 1, 2023, 12:20 am
0
8
Traffic? Put PUV stops on major roads

Why is it that the Metro Manila Development Authority and the Local Government Units do not seem to agree on...

Read more

Hosanna! Our King is here!

byTony La Viña
April 1, 2023, 12:15 am
0
8
Denying Villafuerte justice

"As Lent went on, we lost our enthusiasm for prayer, fasting, and alms giving" Palm Sunday celebrates the triumphant entry...

Read more

Is our membership in the ICC to our advantage?

byRod Kapunan
April 1, 2023, 12:10 am
0
8
Denying Villafuerte justice

"China, India, and Russia are not members of the ICC but they have never been accused of aggression or of...

Read more

The resurgence of medical cannabis

byGem Marq Mutia, MD
April 1, 2023, 12:05 am
0
8
RSA: Mr. Malasakit, the environmentalist

"Cannabis is moving out of the drug dens back into the drug stores and medicine cabinets" Cannabis, or more commonly...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App