PARIS: While not quite a global sporting powerhouse region, South-East Asia equalled 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 improvement from the 3-4-6 haul from Tokyo 2020.
