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Naomi Cesar edged out a Vietnamese athlete to claim the gold medal in the women&#x27;s 800-meters in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, Monday night at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.Cesar crossed the finish line in 2:10.2 -- a tenth of a second ahead of Vietnam&#x27;s Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (2:10.3).Another Filipina athlete, Bernalyn Bejoy, clocked 2:10.6 for the bronze.&quot;I couldn&#x27;t have asked for a better result. I think I&#x27;m still kind of in shock,&quot; Cesar said afterward.Cesar&#x27;s win gave the Philippines a clean sweep of the 800-m in the SEA Games, after debutant <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/12/15/hussein-lora-a-rules-men-s-800m-in-sea-games-debut-2050">Hussein Loraña ruled the men&#x27;s event</a> earlier in the night. Meanwhile, Robyn Brown and Lauren Hoffman delivered a silver and a bronze in the women&#x27;s 400-m hurdles.Brown clocked 57.50 seconds while Hoffman was a shade behind at 57.75-s. Vietnam&#x27;s Quach Thi Lan took the gold with a time of 56.82-s.The Philippines took bronze in the women&#x27;s 4x100m relay, clocking 43.97 seconds to finish behind Thailand (43.88-s) and Vietnam (43.91-s).

Naomi Cesar edged out a Vietnamese athlete to claim the gold medal in the women's 800-meters in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, Monday night at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Naomi Cesar edged out a Vietnamese athlete to claim the gold medal in the women's 800-meters in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, Monday night at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

SEAG: Naomi Cesar wins 800m gold, Bejoy takes bronze

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SEAG: Naomi Cesar wins 800m gold, Bejoy takes bronze

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published December 15, 2025 10:03 PM PHT

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Updated December 16, 2025 05:51 PM PHT

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