PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The 32nd Southeast Asian Games has finally come to a close with the Philippines placing fifth in the biennial event with 58 gold medals, 86 silvers, 116 bronzes and a total of 220 medals.
While the Philippines dropped from fifth place to fourth and compiled seven less medals from its total last year in the Hanoi Games, the country produced six more medals than what it amassed in Vietnam .Unheralded compared to the other sports, arnis, the country's national sport, turned out to be a mine when it comes to the Philippine gold medal drive as the arnisadors produced six golds with two silvers and four bronzes in 12 events.
Filipino wrestlers also produced four golds as Jason Balabal topped the men's 82kg class, Alvin Lobreguito the men's 57kg, Ronil Tubog the men's 61kg, and Cristina Vergara, at age 44, the women's freestyle 65kg class.Kickboxing was a gold mine for the Philippines as well.Kickboxers Jean Claude Saclag , Gretel De Paz , and Claudine Veloso came through in the nick of time to give the Philippines additional boost in its final gold medal push in the last two days of the competition.
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