PHNOM PENH: The sweltering heat reaching nearly 40 degrees Celsius did not stop national women’s hammer thrower Grace Wong Xiu Mei from achieving double success at the 2023 SEA Games here today.
Besides defending the gold medal, Wong also broke the Games record of 59.24m that she herself had set in the 2017 edition in Kuala Lumpur, with a distance of 61.87m in her fourth throw, on the first day of athletics at the Morodok Techo National Stadium.Even sweeter, the success of the athlete from Sarikei was also celebrated by compatriot Nurul Hidayah Lukman, who clinched bronze with a throw of 49.61m while the silver medal was won by Mingkamon Koomphon from Thailand .
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