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SEA Games: Singapore's final gold won by judoka Ho Han Boon in over-100kg category

Singapore's Ho Han Boon wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon (centre) wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon wins gold in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Ho Han Boon is jumped onto by teammates (from left) Vanessa Ng, Ngo Yee Ling and Ang Xuan Yi after winning the gold medal in men's judo +100kg category during the 27th SEA Games in Naypyidaw's Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium, Myanmar, on Saturday, Dec 21, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Singapore clinched its 34th and final gold medal on Saturday afternoon at the Zayyathiri Indoor Stadium, as judoka Ho Han Boon emerged triumphant in the men's over-100kg category.

The 1.91m-tall, 195kg giant defeated Thailand's Saknarin Kaewpakdee to clinch the Republic's first judo gold in 24 years. Malaysia's Abdul Razak won the bronze.

The last time Singapore won a judo gold was in 1989, when Edmund Tan (men's lightweight) and Tang Soon Oon (extra lightweight) won in Kuala Lumpur.

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