Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia earned a total of nine gold,13 silver and 41 bronze medals at SEA Games 31 hosted by Vietnam, ranking eighth in the medaltally, which is a giant leap compared to the 30th edition in the Philippines in 2019 when the country brought home only four gold medals, six silvers and 36 bronzes.
Vath Chamroeun, Secretary General of National OlympicAuthority of Cambodia (NOCC) and the National Organising Committee of the 32ndSoutheast Asian Games 2023 (CAMSOC), praised the hard work of all Cambodian athletesand coaches at this year’s Games in Vietnam
The achievement is building more confidence of Cambodianathletes to perform well at the 32nd SEA Games hosted by the country next year,he added.
At the closing ceremony of SEA Games 31 slated for May 23evening, Cambodia is to stage a 10-minute art performance following thehandover of the SEA Games Federation flag from Vietnam.
Official theme and song for the upcoming Games will berevealed during the event, which also features a performance of bokator –Cambodia’s traditional martial art, according to Chamroeun.
The 32nd SEA Games is scheduled to take place on May 5-16,2023. It will be the first time that Cambodia has hosted the biennial regional sportingevent.
The upcoming edition is projected to feature 40 sports, excludingtwo Olympic sports of archery and shooting./.