Paddlers enter canoe finals as Pinay spikers fall
PALEMBANG, Indonesia: Hermie Macaranas and Ojay Fuentes finished third in the preliminaries to advance to the final round of canoe’s 200-meter men’s doubles in the 18th Asian Games on Friday at the Jakabaring Sports City Lake.
The Filipinos clocked 41.441 seconds, finishing behind China (38.473) and Kazakhstan (38.762) in Heat 1 of the five-team event.
Uzbekistan (38.084), Indonesia (41.221) and Iran (41.596) finished 1-2-3 in Heat 2 to also advance to the medal race.
The finals is set at 9 a.m. (10 a.m. in Manila) today.
Alyja Daphne Santiago (left) spikes the ball past Kazakhstan’s Sana Anarkulova and Yana Petrenko during the women’s volleyball classification round in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP PHOTO
The event is the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragon Boat Federation’s last chance for a medal after failing in traditional boat race’s 200, 500 and 1000 meters last week.
“The boys will keep on fighting. The opposition is tough, but we’ll see tomorrow,” coach Len Escollante said.
Meanwhile, the Philippines suffered an 11-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-19, 14-16 heartbreaking loss to Kazakhstan in the women’s volleyball classification round at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta.
Jaja Santiago led the squad with 19 points while Mylene Paat chipped in 14 and Alyssa Valdez added 13.
Jia Morado had 26 excellent sets.
The Pinay spikers were relegated to the battle-for-seventh place against Indonesia slated at 11 a.m. (Manila time).
Netters advance to quarters
The Philippines swept its first two matches against Laos, 2-1, and Pakistan, 2-1, to assure itself of a quarterfinal slot in the men’s team event of the soft tennis competition at the Jakabaring Sports City Courts.
Relying on the troika Joseph Arcilla, younger brother of former national player Johnny Arcilla, and Mark Anthony Alcoseba and Noel Damian Jr., the Filipinos outclassed the Laotians and Pakistanis in Group A.
They played the Koreans later on Friday and a victory would send the Nationals to the semifinals, while a loss would pit them against the Taiwanese in the round-of-eight today.
The women’s squad, meanwhile, bowed out of the team event after absorbing identical 0-3 losses to China and Taiwan, respectively, in its group.
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