Paris Olympics gold medalists from Southeast Asia: Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo, Philippines’ Carlos Yulo and Thailand’s Panipak Wongpattanakit. –AFP FILE PHOTOS
PARIS – While not quite a global sporting powerhouse region, Southeast Asia equaled its best gold-medal haul at a single Olympics with five golds, three silvers and eight bronzes in a creditable Paris 2024 outing, as the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore made the podium with a few standout performances.
Their total of 16 medals were also second only to the 5-10-3 tally from Rio 2016, an…
