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SEA Games: Soh Rui Yong has an attitude. But does being outspoken make it a bad one?

A petition was even started to reinstate marathoner Soh Rui Yong, despite the athlete himself saying he has no intention of appealing the decision to represent Singapore in the upcoming SEA Games.
A petition was even started to reinstate marathoner Soh Rui Yong, despite the athlete himself saying he has no intention of appealing the decision to represent Singapore in the upcoming SEA Games.PHOTO: SINGSOC
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    Aug 2, 2019, 8:33 pm SGT
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Just how far is too far?

That is the debate that is raging in Singapore sport and beyond after the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) denied Soh Rui Yong's bid to win a historic third straight marathon gold medal at this year's SEA Games in the Philippines.

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