Rain and pain was not going to stop Cambodia’s Bou Samnang from completing the women’s 5,000-meters race at the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh on Monday 15 May.<br /><br />Bou was still out on the track almost six minutes after winner Nguyen Thi Oanh of Vietnam had crossed the finish line, when rain began pounding down on her.<br /><br />Undeterred and with a smattering of home supporters cheering her on, Bou completed her race then broke down in tears.<br /><br />She finished in last place, nearly six minutes behind the winner with a time of 22 minutes, 54.22 seconds.
