Olympians Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, and Elreen Ando step up, while veteran wrestler Jason Balabal ends a 12-year SEA Games drought as the Philippines enjoys its most productive day in the Southeast Asian Games. SEAGames32 Cambodia2023
Ando, meanwhile, bagged her first SEA Games weightlifting gold following a record-setting performance in the women’s 59kg.
Not only did Ando dethrone two-time defending champion Hoang Thi Duyen, she also erased the records in snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift previously held by the Vietnamese., Lovely Inan , John Ceniza , and Rosalinda Faustino for the Philippines’ first weightlifting gold. Veteran wrestler Jason Balabal, meanwhile, struck a SEA Games gold for the first time in over a decade after lording over the men’s Greco Roman 82kg class.when he carried the flag for the Philippines in the 2013 SEA Games – beat Singapore’s Aryan Bin Azman and Cambodia’s Keo Sophak to claim his first gold since 2011.earned its second esports gold after completing a three-peat in the men’s Mobile Legends event following a 3-0 sweep of Malaysia in the finals.
Judo and arnis contributed one and two golds, respectively, as judoka Rena Furukawa and arnisadors Charllote Ann Tolentino and Jedah-Mae Soriano topped their events. Their three-peat bid already crushed, Gilas Women boosted their bid for the next best thing – a silver – with anIn women’s volleyball, the Philippines settled for fourth place for the fourth straight edition after aWith two days left, Team Philippines seeks to surpass its 52-gold haul last year with more golds expected from arnis, taekwondo, wrestling, and judo.
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