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SEA Games: S'pore's Alvin Woo wins first-ever xiangqi gold

HANOI - Singapore got its first gold medal in xiangqi at the SEA Games, after Alvin Woo beat Cambodia's Hok Kung 1-0 to finish top of the nine-person field on Friday (May 20).

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