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Aleah Finnegan savors ‘most special’ SEA Games gold
Paris Olympian Aleah Finnegan secured her third Southeast Asian Games gold medal in the women's vault event at the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok.
She won gold with a score of 13.433, narrowly defeating Vietnam's Thi Quynh Nhu Nguyen and Malaysia's Kang Xian Yeap.
This victory adds to her previous gold medals in the team and vault events from the 2021 Vietnam Games.
The win followed a suspenseful period where an initial scoring error showed Finnegan in silver-medal position, with the official confirmation taking about an hour.
Finnegan described this gold medal as the "most special one" due to the hardships endured and the anxious wait for the results.
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