If the Philippines’ runner up finish in the 23rd edition of the Southeast Games in 1991 was a “miracle,” its overall championship triumph in 2005 was a “blessing.”

Thus wrote one veteran sports journalist following the Filipino athletes, 742 of them, humbled the opposition in spectacular fashion, winning 113 gold medals, 84 silver and 94 bronze medals to emerge as the new kingpins of sports in the 11-nation aggrupation.

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