UPDATE: James Deiparine wins gold to end 10-year medal drought in swimming

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:14:10 +0000

CAPAS, Tarlac: Filipino-American tanker James Deiparine ended the country’s 10-year gold drought after breaking the bad spell in the 30th Southeast Asian Games swimming competition on Wednesday at the New Clark City Aquatics Center here. The 26-year old Deiparine clocked one minute and 1.46 seconds in the 100m men’s breaststroke to send the crowd in […]

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Macrohon gives PH weightlifing its 2nd gold

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:44:37 +0000

KRISTEL Macrohon gave Philippine weightlifting its second gold medal in the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the women’s 71kg event on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Macrohon, 23, lifted 216 kg after registering 93 kg in the snatch and 123 kg in clean and jerk to bag the gold. Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Van was […]

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PH bags five golds in sanda wushu event

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:42:08 +0000

THE Philippine sanda team garnered five of the six gold medals at stake in the 30th Southeast Asian Games wushu competition on Tuesday at the World Trade Center in Manila. Divine Wally (48kg women), Jessie Aligaga (48 kg men), Arnel Mandal (52kg men), Francisco Solis (56kg men) and Clemente Tagubara (65 kg men) each won gold […]

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Yulo dominates floor exercise of men’s artistic gymnastics for second gold

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:34:32 +0000

CARLOS Yulo lived up to expectations as he easily dominated the floor exercise of the men’s artistic gymnastics for a second gold in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) on Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Yulo registered 14.700 points to win the event that he ruled in the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships last […]

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Philippines proves superiority in arnis

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:34:52 +0000

True to its prediction, the Philippine arnis team emerged overall champion in the 30th Southeast Asian Games with a total medal haul of 14 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Arnis is the Philippines’ national martial art and sport. Crisamuel Delfin topped the men’s open-weapon non-traditional category while Mary Allin Aldeguer shone in the […]

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Carlos Yulo launches official Twitter handle

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:59:30 +0000

SOUTHEAST Asian Games all-around champion gymnast Carlos Yulo launched his official Twitter handle on Tuesday. In a video tweet on his newly-created account, Yulo told netizens to unfollow and report anyone who claims to be him. “Hi, Twitter people! Gusto ko lang po sabihin na ito lang po ang official Twitter account ko po, @c_edrielzxs, same username as […]

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PH dominates arnis with 14 golds

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:34:52 +0000

ANGELES, Pampanga — The Philippines proved to be dominant in its own Martial Art and Sport. The Philippine arnis team bagged a total of 14 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze medals in the 30th Southeast Asian Games to win the overall championship on Tuesday. Crisamuel Delfin topped the open-weapon non-traditional men’s while Mary Allin […]

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PH eyes polo gold today

Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:29:59 +0000

Augustus Aguirre and the Philippine men’s polo team will shoot for the gold medal against Malaysia in the A Division 4-6 Goals polo competition of the 30th Southeast Asian Games at 3 p.m. today at the Iñigo Zobel Polo Facility in Calatagan, Batangas. Aguirre, 26, who has been playing professional polo in Australia for many […]

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30th SEAG hostilities explode today

Credit to Author: Jean Russel V. David| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:30:53 +0000

The largest sporting event in Southeast Asia — the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) — goes full blast today as 8,750 athletes from 11 countries compete for 531 gold medals in 56 sports. Host Philippines will be fielding in a 1,115-strong contingent in the biennial meet. The PH six-man triathlon team is keen to bag […]

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