# @nytimes on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@nytimes/video/7237141065013202219
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8872727-nytimes-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/1d88bbe2f8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-05-25T15:23:52.000+00:00

## Caption

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 

## Stats

- **Views:** 16,700
- **Likes:** 1,451
- **Shares:** 17
- **Comments:** 27

## Tags

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