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SEA Games to light up Hanoi after Covid delay

Malaysia’s Nur Dhabitah Sabri won the first gold at the SEA Games in Hanoi.

HANOI: The SEA Games open in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday after a six-month Covid delay with Southeast Asian pride at stake in everything from football to bodybuilding and eSports.

More than 5,000 athletes including Olympic champions are vying for over 500 gold medals in the event, which is staged every two years, in what should be packed arenas.

The 11-nation Games include traditional Olympic sports such as athletics, swimming and boxing, but also regional ones like sepak takraw, an eye-catching volleyball-style game where teams kick a rattan ball.

Thailand’s taekwondo world number one Panipak Wongpattanakit and Philippine weightlifter…

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