First-time hosts Cambodia ended the SEA Games 2023 with a dazzling closing ceremony on 17 May, bidding farewell to hundreds of elite athletes vying for glory and gold medals on the track or in the pool. Team Singapore’s exceptional performance did us proud, bringing home a total of 158 medals, of which were 51 golds, 43 silvers and 64 bronzes. While we’re cheering for the athletic prowess and unforgettable triumphs Team Singapore showed in the SEA Games, let’s not forget to celebrate the women (or lionesses!) who have shown us their sporting skill, strength and sweat-drenched determination.
The Singaporean swimmer recently received the Best Athlete Award at the SEA Games 2023, with an impressive tally of 6 golds and 2 silvers. This prestigious award closes the loop for the illustrious Quah siblings, with her brother Quah Zheng Wen having received the award in 2019, and her sister Quah Jing Wen having been the most bemedalled athlete at the Hanoi SEA Games in 2022.
Singapore’s sprint queen showed us a trailblazing victory with her 100m and 200m golden double at Phnom Penh, as the first Singaporean female sprinter to do so. Overcoming personal struggles and heavy expectations, Her World cover girl Shanti Pereira is once again back on the track and in fantastic form.
Sword in hand, Kimberly Ong shows us her fierce determination and clean moves that helped her slice through her competition, clinching the gold medal in the Daoshu + Gunshu component.
Even as she popped painkillers in the middle of her final match, Ngo Lan Huong showed us all the right moves as she outmanoeuvred her rival to a strategic victory in a battle of the minds.
With dogged determination and unmatched skill, Zeng Qian dominated her competition, a testament to her relentless pursuit of excellence and resilience in her sport.
Lightning fast on her feet, Diyanah Aqidah wowed us all with her impeccable form on the mat at Phnom Penh. Her shining performance earned her a silver, the first medal in the sport Team Singapore has won since 2017.
Clinching a bronze in the previous Hanoi SEA Games, Singapore’s women’s artistic silat team comprising of Amirah Sahrin, Iffah Batrisyia and Nur Ashikin danced their way into a historic first gold medal for Singapore.
In a dazzling display of skill, Singapore’s women fencing team dominated the sport, bringing home 5 out of 6 golds for individual events and topping the overall medal tally for fencing. With their graceful yet fierce moves, we can’t wait to see the women’s fencing team grow from strength to strength.
In a nail-biting game against the Thais who were fiercely vying to dethrone Singapore, Singapore’s women’s floorball team did not back down and successfully defended their reigning champion position. With swift flicks of their sticks, they managed to continue their victory streak from the previous 2015 and 2019 SEA Games.