Laos: First gold medal in 25th SEA Games
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Sao Darly praises Soukthavy Panyasit, the first gold medalist for Laos at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.
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Sao Darly praises Soukthavy Panyasit, the first gold medalist for Laos at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.
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