She was dead tired and suffering from low blood pressure. She was also last by a wide margin in the 5,000 meters and plodding alone, through a raucous rainstorm, around the track of a near-empty stadium. Bou Samnang, 20, finished the race anyway. Her rain-soaked performance at the Southeast Asian Games — this year’s edition was hosted this month by her home country, Cambodia — would have been a footnote in a tournament that is unknown to most sports fans outside the region. But when video of it circulated widely on social media, she became a national celebrity. #SEAGames2023