SEA Games 2023: From US to China and France, Cambodia’s naturalised athletes face scrutiny

Among the South-east Asian Games basketball fraternity, the running joke is that when Cambodia beat Thailand 21-18 in their men’s 3×3 group match on May 6, it was actually the United States that featured on court.

Dorsey Darrinray, Sayeed Pridgett and Brandon Peterson were in Cambodian blue at the Morodok Techo National Stadium Elephant Hall 2, while Tra Holder, Frederick Lish and Moses Morgan donned Thai colours.

While the likes of Holder have South-east Asian lineage with a Thai mother, the Cambodian-Americans have been naturalised specifically for the SEA Games, delivering a historic first basketball gold for the first-time hosts.

In full: https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-2023-from-us-to-china-and-france-cambodia-s-naturalised-athletes-face-scrutiny

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