Meas Kheng

[2] She was dubbed as the "sprint queen" of Southeast Asia in the early seventies.

[4] On July 19, 1968 in Phnom Penh, Meas Kheng clocked 12.0 seconds to set the current Cambodian 100-metre hand-timed record.

[5] At the 1971 SEAP Games, Kheng breasted the tape in 12.3 seconds in the 100 metres and in a national record of 25.05 seconds in the 200 metres to clinch the gold medal in both events.

[3] Confusion exists about Kheng's best times, and little news of her would emerge.

[8] Still, coming as the clear favourite into the 1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, Kheng was tipped for a gold treble.