Philippine Sailing Team Grabs 2 Silvers at 27th SEA Games

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. The Philippine national sailing team grabbed two silver medals at the last day of sailing competitions yesterday in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Ngwe Saung Beach, Pathein, Myanmar.

Geylord Coveta placed second in the Open RS One Wind Surfing competition, delivering 3 first place finish, 4 second place finish, and 5 third place finish to win the silver medal with a score of 20 points. 

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Thailand’s Natthapong Phonopharat won the gold with 13 points, while Igma Oka Sulaksana of Indonesia taking the bronze medal with 21 points.

In the men’s international 470 event, the duo of Richly Magsanay and Ridgely Balladares scored 25 points after 12 rounds of competitions to grab the silver medal.

Navee Thamsoontorn and Nut Butmarasri won the gold medal with 16 points, while Wen Jie Joel Pang and Wong Loong Darren Choy clinched the bronze with 28 points.

Philippines’ representative in the men’s and women’s laser radial sailing event, Rubin Cruz and Alaiza Mae Belmonte only managed to place 4th after 12 rounds of competition; while Renz Angelo Amboy also placed 4th in the men’s RS one – wind surfing – boys event.

The Philippine sailing team end their 2013 SEA Games campaign with 2 silver medals..
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Caluag Brothers 1-2 Victory Ends Phipinnes Cycling SEA Games Stint

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. The Philippine national cycling team ended their 27th Southeast Asian Games stint in Myanmar with a one-two victory of the Caluag brothers at the Mount Pleasant Cycling Field.

London Olympian Daniel Patrick Caluag topped the morning Men’s BMX Cross trials with a time of 33.097, followed by Indonesia’s Toni Syarifudin with a time of 34.208. 

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Older brother Christopher Caluag clocked 34.383 to place 3rd.

The brothers then topped their respective semifinal heats en route to the finals.

Twenty-four year-old Daniel clinched the top spot in heat 1 semifinals by finishing with with 3 points after winning all three runs in the semifinals. He registered a time of 32.784 (R1), 33.032 (R2) and 32.684 (R1); to Indonesia’s Gusti Bagus Saputra’s and Thailand’s Jukrapechwho Wichana who were tied in second with 9 points each.

In the heat 2 of the semifinals, Christopher also topped the pack of 5 bikers by placing 1st in all his runs. He timed 33.677 (R1), 33.150 (R2) and 33.019 (R1) to finish with 3 points. Toni Syarifudin of Indonesia was second in heat 2 semifinals with 6 points – 34.438 (R2) 33.743 (R2) 33.160 (R2).

The Caluag brothers advanced to the final seeded 1st and 2nd, with Daniel being seeded first.

The London Olympian Daniel Caluag then ruled the men’s BMX finals with a time of 31.994, with brother Christopher finishing second with 32.555 seconds.

“It was such an easy race. I had a fantastic performance,” said the 26-year-old Chino, California-based rider who is seeing action in the SEA Games for the first time. “I was in control all the way. This is only a Southeast Asian level and I didn’t have a hard time competing.

“The ultimate goal is to make it back to the Olympics. But, of course, there are some minor bumps along the way like the SEA Games and the Asian Games next year. My mission is to overcome all those tournaments and be stronger, more prepared for 2016.”

The son of a respiratory therapist from Bulacan, Caluag was dominant in the final round, even waiting for his brother to come close while executing a wheelie down the stretch, much to the delight of the small Filipino crowd led by Philippine chief of mission Jeff Tamayo.

He said he waited for his brother in a bid to come up with a rare double-gold-medal finish for Team Philippines.

But the Indonesian rider suddenly emerged, forcing him to leave Christoper and ensure the gold.

“Having a 1-2 finish is just as good as winning two gold medals. My brother and I have been working hard in the States for tournaments like this. Our goal is to get better every day,” he said.

“We’ll be back in the Asian Games next year. Hopefully, win another gold and silver medal again for the Philippines.”

Philippine cycling team has produced 2 gold medals, a silver and 2 bronze medals.

Mark John Galedo won the gold in the Cycling Men’s 50km Individual Road Race, while Ronald Oranza won the bronze in the Men’s 50km Individual Road Race, as well as the men’s road race 163km team of Boots Ryan Cayubit, Jun Rey Navarra, Rustom Lim, Mark John Galedo and Ronald Oranza. 

Richard Gonzales Advance to SEA Games Table Tennis Semi

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Filipino table tennis SEA Games veteran Richard Gonzales topped his group to advance to the men’s singles semifinal round at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium C, Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
 
En route to topping Group D, Gonzales first faced Malaysia’s reigning national champion Muhd Shakirin Ibrahim who he beat 3-2.


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In an effort effort to lunge for the ball at the deciding set with Shakirin, Gonzales hurt his ankle and grimaced in pain on the floor.

After a brief 10-minute break, he got back on his feet and hobbled his way to beat the Shakirin 3-2 (8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 13-11) to the roaring applause of spectators. And he did not stop there.

He went on to play in another group match against Thailand’s Chaisit Chaitat and, despite limping around, he scored a sensational 3-1 (2-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-8) win.

From his back-to-back win with the favorites in his group, he was all pumped up as he faced Phinith Kongphet of Lao in his third match, and Sok Long Lim of Cambodia in his last match.

Gonzalez beat both Kongphet and Lim 3-1 and 3-0 respectively to advance to the semifinal round today against Singapore’s Zhan Jian.

Gonzales has long been representing Philippines in every SEA Games since 1995 edition in Chiangmai, and he won his first SEA Games silver medal only in 2005 edition in Manila.

This year, he is hoping to equal or even surpass his 2005 silver medal, though it would be very tough to do so since he will be facing Singapore’s China imports, Clarence Chey Zheyu and Zhan Jian.

In the women’s singles, Ian Lariba easily beat her Malaysia opponent on her first of two matches in Group W. She beat Ying Ho of Malaysia 3-0 (11-5,11-8,11-8).

She then faced Singapore’s Siyun Isabelle Li in her second and final match.

Determined to advance to the semifinal round, Lariba showed great form to tie with the Singaporean 2-2 after four sets (4-11,11-8,8-11,12-10).

In the final deciding set, she gave Li a good fight, but eventually lost 11-7 in the final deciding set.

Rubilen Amit Wins SEA Games 10 Ball Gold

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. After not being able to convert her women’s 9-ball final match to golden finsh, Rubilen Amit kept her composure and got back at her women’s 9-ball tormentor to win the women’s 10-ball gold medal of the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.

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As Amit and Indonesia’s Angelene Magdalena meet again in the 10-ball finals, Amit did not waste time and raced to a 6-1 lead before the Indonesian took a rack to close the gap.

In the 9th rack, Amit seemed to miss on her preparation for the 4 ball, with 2 balls blocking the cue to the 4.

But Amit took the chance on a jumpshot. She sank the crucial shot and cleaned up the remaining balls to clean up for the win.

The win was sweet revenge of her loss to Magdalena in the battle for the women’s 9-ball gold medal, and was also her way of getting back at Magdalena for again beating Iris Ranola en route to her appearance in the finals.

Iris Ranola settled for bronze after she was beaten Magdalena in the semifinal round. The women’s 10-ball game was the last event for billiards and snooker in the 27th Southeast Asian Games.

Philippine billiards and snooker team managed only to win 2 gold medals, courtesy of Amit yesterday, and Dennis Orcollo the other day when he had a 1-2 finish with Carlo Biado who settled for the silver.

The other medal winners are Efren Bata Reyes and Francisco delos Reyes who won the bronze medal in the men’s 1 cushion carmong singles event.

A total of 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals were won by the team; one gold lower compared to their performance in the 2011 SEA Games where they won 3 gold, 2 silver ang 4 bronze medals.

Philippines Judokas Grab 2 Golds

PHILIPPINES UPDATED.The Philippine judo team and taekwondo team delivered two contrasting finish yesterday at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.

All three judokas in action made it to the final round of their respective events, while of the three Pinoy jins in action yesterday, one did not advance to the medal round while the two others settled for bronze.

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Fil-Japanese Kiyomi Watanabe ruled the women’s -63 kg division after beating Thi Hoa Bui of Vietnam for the gold medal, while Gilbert Ramirez won over Iksan Apriyadi of Indonesia to clinch the gold medal in the men’s -73 kg weight class.

It was the country’s first two gold medals on Friday, and the first for Judo in this year’s SEA Games.

Jennielou Mosqueda settled for silver in the -57 kg class, after she was overpowered by Thailand’s Om Pongchaliew in the finals.

In taekwondo, women’s 49kg bet Ma. Isabelle Erika Mora loast to Thailand’s Phannapa Harsujin, 13-0, and failed to advance in the medal round.

Paulo Romero and Pauline Louise Lopez on the other hand defeated their respective opponents in the quarterfinal round to advance to the semi. But in the semi, Romero bowed to Lao’s Ryan Chong Wy Lunn and settled for the bronze medal in the men’s 63kg; while Pauline Louise Lopez also settled for bronze after she was beaten by Than Thao Nguyen of Vietnam in the semifinal round (4-0).

Last Wednesday though, Philippine taekwondo delivered 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze courtesy of Jade Zafra (57kg Gold), Christianal dela Cruz (80kg Silver) and Gershon Bautista (68kg Bronze)

In today’s action two judoka and five jins will gun for more gold medals.

Angelo Gumila (men’s 90kg) and Ruth Duguduga (women’s 78kg) capped off the judokas campaign on Saturday.

Also, Pinoy jeans seeing action today are Francisco Aaron Agojo (54kg), Kristopher Robert Uy (Men’s 87kg), Mary Angelay Pelaez (women’s 46kg), Jane Rafaelle Nara (men’s 73kg) and Kristie Elaine Alora (women’s 73kg).

 

Jesson Ramil Cid, New Ironman of SEA Games

PHILIPINNES UPDATED. Decathlete Jesson Ramil Cid and steeplechaser Christopher Ulboc Jr. stamped their marks on Wednesday as track and field bets continued to spark the Philippine campaign in the Southeast Asian Games.

The 21-year-old Cid amassed 7,038 points to rip the national mark (6,963) set by Fidel Gallenero in 2001 and get proclaimed as the new ironman of SEA Games.

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The 23-year-old Ulboc ended the 10-year reign of compatriot Rene Herrera in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as athletics raised its gold output to five, a vast improvement from its two-gold haul in the 2011 Jakarta SEAG.

Cid, an education major from Far Eastern University, where Ulboc also studies, capped his impressive showing with a clocking of 4:36.10 in the 1,500 meters of the 10-sport discipline.

“I’m strong in running and it somehow compensated for my deficiency in throwing events,’’ said Cid, a prize find from Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

Ulboc clocked 9 minutes 01.59 seconds to beat Tien San Pham of Vietnam (9:02.50) and Thailand’s Patikarn Pechsricha (9:04.04).

Herrera, winner of the event since the 2003 Vietnam games, was fourth in 9:09.14.

“I wasn’t really expecting this. It’s my first gold medal in any international event,’’ said the middle-distance runner from Tangub City, who pulled away after the water jump in the last 150 meters.

Earlier gold medals from athletics came from Henry Dagmil (long jump), Christian Archand Bagsit (400 meters) and Eric Shauwn Cray (400m hurdles).

“I was leading all the way but I strained my calf during the final lap,’’ said Herrera.

Filipino-American Jessica Bernard copped the bronze in women’s steeplechase after clocking 11:04.84, a minute slower than Indonesia’s Rini Budiarti (10:04.54).

Katherine Khay Santos cleared 5.93m and landed fourth in women’s long jump, the same placing of Filipino-American counterpart Tyler Ruiz.

Men’s Poomsae Team Nails SEA Games Gold as Taekwondo Kicks Off

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. The Philippines men’s poomsae team started Philippines campaign in taewkondo on a high note, after winning the team event gold medal in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium A, Naypyitwa, Myanmar.

The trio of Dustin Jacob Mella, Raphael Enrico Mella and Marvin Gabriel Vidal, topped the scoreboard with 7.920 points, way ahead the silver medalist, team Indonesia who managed to score only 7.590. Team Thailand settled for bronze with 7.550 points.

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Poised to grab another gold for the country, Marvin Gabriel Vidal was shocked by the Burmese newbie Thaw Zin Han who stole the gold from the Filipino by scoring 8.035 in the men’s poomsae singles.

Vidal settled for the siler with 8.035, while Vietnamese’ Anh Minh Le won the bronze with 7.910 points.

The world class women’s poomsae team on the other hand composed of Ma Carla Janice Lagman, Rani Ortega and Rinna Babanto were shockingly relegated to third place, settling for the bronze, with the Vietnamese trio of Thi Le Kim Nguyen, Thi Thu Ngan Nguyen and Tuhet Van Chau winning the gold with 7.950 points.

The women’s trio only managed to score 7.665 points, behind Thailand who won the silver with 7.785 points.

Team Indonesia who scored 7.670 shared the gold with the Philippines who scored only 7.665 (the lowest in the group).

In the men’s 68-74 kg, Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison settled for silver after bowing down to Thailand’s Peerathep Silaon, 7-8.

Morrison was leading 4-1 in the first round, but the Thai fought harder in the next round to finish round two with 6-4 score.

Determined to win another gold for Taekwondo in the opening day, Morrision was all pumped up in the third round, but only managed two score 3 points while Silaon score another 4 points to beat the Filipino.

On day two of action in the Taekwondo, Gershon Bautista is seeing action in men’s 63kg-68kg, Christianal dela Cruz in Men’s 74-80 kg, and Jade Zafra (PHI) in Women’s 53-57 kg.

Bagsit Powers To Second Victory

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Archand Christian Bagsit pulled off a phenomenal run in final leg of the men’s 4×400-meter relay to become the second Filipino double-gold medalist at the 27th Southeast Asian Games here. 

On a day when golds on the track proved elusive, the quartet of Isidro del Prado Jr., Julius Nierras, Edgardo Alejan and Bagsit put on a swashbuckling performance that capped a productive stint for Philippine athletics.

The PH quartet clocked 3 minutes 09.32 seconds to beat Thailand (3:09.81) and Malaysia (3:15.06) and improve on its silver-medal finish in 2011 Indonesia.

Only Del Prado, who replaced Junrey Bano, was not a member of that foursome.

“All the hard work paid off,” said the 22-year-old Bagsit, who also ruled the men’s 400m. “I never thought we could win it.”

Trailing by a several meters after receiving the baton from Nierras, Bagsit, a financial management major at Letran, chased the last Thai runner and surged ahead in the last 50m.

“When I reached the final straight, I knew that the gold’s ours,” said the protege of two-time Olympian Lerma Bulauitan-Gabito.

After five days of action at Wunna Theikdi Stadium here, the Filipinos have seized six gold, four silver and three bronze medals, a vast improvement on their 2-9-5 collection two years ago.

Apart from Bagsit’s twin victories, long-jumper Henry Dagmil, Eric Shauwn Cray (400m hurdles), decathlete Jesson Cid and Christopher Ulboc Jr. (3000m steeplechase) also contributed to the most productive stint by a PH national sports association here.

Princess Superal was the country’s first double gold medalist here after ruling invididual play while powering the country’s team to victory in women’s golf.

Cray earlier placed sixth in the men’s 110m hurdles. The Filipino-American from University of Oklahoma clocked 14.34 seconds in the race won by Thailand’s Jamras Rittidet (13.72).

“It’s not my event,” said Cray. “I fared bad.”

In the men’s 1,500m, Melvin Guarte placed fourth with a time of 3:58.43 and Ulboc landed seventh out of eight runners (4:05.76). Vietnam’s Van Thai Dong ruled the event in 3:58.02.

Fil-Am Jessica Barnard finished last out of four runners in the women’s 1500m (4:22.64) won by Vietnam’s Thi Thao Do in 4:22.64.

Benigno Marayag placed fifth (15.59 meters) in men’s triple jump won by another Viet, Van Hung Nguyen (16.67).

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Switch From Basketball to Track Pays Off for Former Terrence Romeo Teammate Bagsit

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Unknown to many, two-time Southeast Asian Games double gold winner Archand Christian Bagsit was part of an elite batch — not in athletics, but in basketball.

Before switching to track, Bagsit actually played for Letran's juniors team in the NCAA, where he was a teammate of GlobalPort star Terrence Romeo and Gilas cadet member Kevin Alas, in the Squires' 2007 team.

Romeo eventually moved to Far Eastern University before getting drafted in the PBA earlier this year, while Alas stayed on at Letran, before becoming a member of the national team in the SEA Games.

Other notable players from that talented 2007 Squires squad are University of the East’s JM Noble and National University’s Glenn Khobuntin.

While unheralded in that batch, Alas recalled that Bagsit was one of the fastest and hardest working players on that Squires squad.

“Siya ang pinakamasipag sa team. Pinakamabilis at hindi napapagod,” said Alas, who, like Bagsit, also won a SEA Games gold when Sinag Pilipinas bagged the country's 16th gold medal in men’s basketball.

Bagsit's talent obviously made him perfect for athletics.

While his other teammates made a name for themselves in basketball, Bagsit became part of the athletics team in Letran before making the grade on the national team.

After winning silver in the 2011 SEA Games in Palembang, Indonesia, Bagsit finally claimed not just one, but two gold medals as he ruled the 400-meter run in Myanmar before, joining forces with Isidro Del Prado, Julius Nierras, and Edgar Alejan in a golden performance in the 4x400m run.
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The Surge 3 Gold Medals by Philippines Team

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Before Henry Dagmil left for the 27th Southeast Asian Games, he marked his 32nd birthday with his family.
A bigger jubilation now awaits Dagmil after he led a three-gold surge by Team Philippines on Sunday that raised its hopes of avoiding an all-time humiliation in the biennial meet.

Archand Christian Bagsit led a one-two PH finish in the 400-meter run and cyclist Mark John Lexer Galedo came up with a surprising victory in the 50-kilometer individual time trial to round out the day's heroes for an embattled Philippine delegation.

But it was Dagmil flashing his old form in his favorite event that resounded the most as it practically started the ball rolling, so to speak, for the Filipinos.

Dagmil, who reached his peak after back-to-back Games victories in 2005 and 2007, leaped to a distance of 7.80 meters in only his second try to quash the threat of 2011 champion Supanara Sukhasvasti of Thailand (7.71m) and Vietnam’s Van Lam Pham (7.53m).

Bagsit followed suit soon after, crossing the finish with a clocking of 47.22 seconds while teammate Edgard Alejan was close behind at 47.45s. Third was Edy Ariansyah (47.78).

"Malakas siya sa last 200 meters," related head coach Joseph Sy, "kaya ang naging strategy nila ay paunahin si Alejan para maubos ang hangin ng mga kalaban. Mula du’n, hahabulin na lang ni Bagsit."

Galedo, who could only bring home two individual bronze medals in his first SEAG stint two years ago, became an unlikely hero when he topped the race held at Mount Pleasant Cycling Field.

The small bike shop owner in Mandaluyong City submitted a time of one 1:07:00 and beat Indonesian rider Robin Manullang (1:07:38) and the other PHL entry, Ronald Oranza (1:07:50).

Embellishing a fruitful day for the PHL athletics team was the silver medal of Arniel Ferrera in hammer throw and the bronze medal of Riezel Buenaventura in women's pole vault.?

Sinag Pilipinas fashioned an 84-56 thrashing of Malaysia to complete a six-game sweep of the basketball competitions, but its 16th cage title in all would be formalized only in the sport’s closing ceremonies Monday.

That sure gold would go a long way in helping Team Philippines’ chase of Singapore, which currently holds sixth place with 15 golds to the Filipinos’ 10.

A finish lower than sixth would be the country’s worst since debuting in the Games in 1977.

Aside from the men’s basketball gold, Monday promises to be a productive day in other fronts for Team Philippines.

Eric Panique (marathon), Ernest John Obiena (pole vault), Lorelie Sermona (hammer throw) and Mervin Guarte (800m) try to come up with gold medals along with Narcisa Atienza in heptathlon.

Rowing competitions also get underway with Benjie Tolentino, Edgar Ilas, Alvin Amposta and Roque Abala trying to get their fair share of the first three gold medals up for grabs.

Swimming has Jessie Khing Lacuna, Jasmine Alkhaldi and Matt Navata taking part in the freestyle events, while GMs Eugene Torre and John Paul Gomez compete in the Chess 960 individual rapid.

Equestrian has Diego Eduardo Virata, Andrea Sophia Belofsky and Camila Isabel Lastrilla trying to make do with local mounts when they vie in team show jumping.

Dennis Orcollo barely made it past Ibrahim Amir of Malaysia, 9-8, on Sunday and will try to complete his domination of 9-ball singles in the remaining rounds.
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Athletics & Rowing Lead Philippines SEA Games Gold Hunt Today

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. After a successful opening performance yesterday, Philippine athletics team will again lead Philippines’ hunt for gold today, along with Filipino rowers, in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.

Eric Panique takes the first plunge today as the fight for the gold medal in the men’s marathon kicks-off at 6:00am.

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The morning action continues with SEAG 2011 bronze medalist Lorelie Sermona seeing action in the women’s hammer throw, while pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena guns for his first SEA Games medal in the afternoon, along with SEAG 2011 silver medalist Narcisa Atienza in heptathlon.

Rowing competitions also get underway with Philippines all-male team composed of Benjie Tolentino, Edgar Ilas, Alvin Amposta and Roque Abala trying to get their fair share of the first three gold medals up for grabs in the morning.

Men’s rowing events that offer gold medals today are the M1x Finals, LM2x Finals and LM4 Finals.

Swimming has Jessie Khing Lacuna, Jasmine Alkhaldi and Matt Navata taking part in the freestyle & butterfly events, while GMs Eugene Torre and John Paul Gomez compete in the chess 960 individual rapid.

Dennis Orcollo barely made it past Ibrahim Amir of Malaysia, 9-8, on Sunday and will try to complete his domination of 9-ball singles in the remaining rounds.

Bikers who had sneaked-in a gold medal yesterday in the road race, will again gun for another gold today with Arnold Marcelo, Alfie Catalan, John Paul Morales and John Renee Mier seeing action at the Men’s Road Race 100km Team.

Philippines’ men and women’s golf team are also seeing action today with the men’s team kicking off their round 2 campaign, while the women’s in their first round of competition.

Philippines golf team is composed of John Kier Abdon, Jobim Antonio Carlos, Rupert Zaragosa III, Justin Raphael Quiban, Princess Mary Superal, Katrina Marie Briones and Clare Amelia Legaspi.

The sailing team on the other hand are set to see action in the rounds 4 to 6 of their respective competitions.

The sailing team in action today are Richly Magsanay and Ridgely Balladares (R4-6: Men’s International 470 Sailing), Rubin Cruz (R4-6: Men’s Laser Standard Sailing), Renz Angelo Amboy (R4-6: Men’s RS one(wind surfing) Boys Sailing), Alaiza Mae Belmonte (R4-6: Women’s Laser Radial Sailing), and Geylord Coveta (R4-6: Open RS One (wind surfing).

Mark John Lexer Galedo wins SEA Games Gold in Cycling

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Philippines cyclist Mark John Lexer Galedo won a gold medal at the opening day of cycling’s road race competitions in the 27th Southeast Asian Games held in three Burmese cities of Leway, Pyinmanar and Tatkon.

Galedo, cycling in an average of 44.765 km per hour, topped the pack of 17 bikers in the men’s road race 50km individual time trial to win the gold medal with a time of 1:07:00.999 hours. He won the race with 37 seconds lead over Indonesia’s Robin Manullang who finished with 1:07.38.294 hours

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Compatriot Ronald Oranza finished third with a bronze medal time of 1:07:50.798.

The men’s road race team of Arnold Marcelo, Alfie Catalan, Jan Paul Morales and John Renee Mier will gun for the gold medal in tomorrow’s men’s road race 100km team time trial.

The men’s road race 163km individual trials and team trials are scheduled on the 18th of December.

Cyclists in seeing action in the cross country and down hill events failed to deliver a single medal.

Joey Barba placed only 6th in the Men’s Mountain Bike Down Hill 1.5km finals with a time of 2:29.505. Indonesia won the gold, while Thailand took the silver and bronze. He also finished 8th in the men’s mountain bike down hill 1.5km.

In the Men’s Mountain Bike Cross Country(4km per lap) event, Nino Surban placed 7th (1:38:16), Alvin Benosa finished 8th (1:40:02), Eusebio Quinones was 10th (1:43:01) and March Mc Quinn Aleonar reach the finish line after 1:44:03.

Hidilyn Diaz Wins Silver in SEA Games

PHILIPPINE UPDATED. Olympian Hidilyn Diaz, one of the hot SEA Games gold medal prospect, failed to deliver and settled for the silver medal Sunday afternoon in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Theinphyu Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.
 
Diaz lifted a total of 124kg in the women’s 58kg weightlifting, enough only to win the silver.

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The gold medal was won by Sukanya Srisurat from Thailand who lifted a new sea game record total of 225kg, while Bich Lam Thi from Vietnam grabbed the bronze with an overall lift of 201kg.

Srisurat and Diaz tied at 102kg in the snatch event. The Thai weightlifter then lifted only 115kg in her first attempt of the clean and jerk, while Diaz successfully lifted 122kg to take the lead in the first attempt with a total lift of 224kg.

Hoping to take the lead over Diaz, Srisurat then attempted to lift 123kg in her second lift to but failed.

Diaz then attempted to lift 125kg in her second lift, but also failed.

In the last lift of the clean and jerk, Srisurat successfully lifted the 123kg taking her total lift to 225kg, while Diaz again failed to lift the 125kg; thus Diaz ended the game still a total lift of 124kg, 1 kilogram lesser to gold medal winner Srisurat’s 225kg.

Fellow weightlifter Jeffrey Garcia failed to medal in the men’s 62kg event. He lifted a total of 280kg, not enough to upstage Myint Kyi for the bronze (289kg).

Indonesia’s Eko Yuli Irawan took the gold with 304kg lift, while Trung Le Quang taking the silver with his 291kg total lift.

Philippines’ weightlifting campaign in this year’s SEA Games has ended today, delivering only a single medal from their two member team.

Philipinne Athletics Off to a Good Start; Bagsit & Dagmil Score Gold

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Philippine athletics is off to a good start with Archand Christian Bagsit and Henry Dagmil scoring gold medal wins in the first day of action in athletics at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Wunna Theikdi Stadium, Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Bagsit stormed his way to a gold medal finish in the men’s 400m finals with a time of 47.219, successfully converting his silver medal win in 2011 SEA Games to gold.

Teammate Edgardo Alejan Jr. made it a 1-2 finish for the Philippines as he placed second to Bagsit with a time of 47.448, while Idonesia’s Edy Ariansyah taking the gold, 47.778.


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The 2005 and 2007 long jump SEA Games Champion, Henry Dagmil, surprised his younger opponents with his 7.80 meter leap to take the gold again this year, his third SEA Games gold.

Thailand’s Supanara Sukhasvasti Na Ayudhaya, the winner in 2009 and 2011, was relegated to silver after registering a 7.71 meter leap. Bagsit was second to Na Ayudhaya in the 2011 edition.

Van Lam Phan of Vietnam won the the bronze (7.73), while other Filipino entry in the long jump event, Benigno Marayag, failed to register a podium finish after finishing only 4th with a leap of 7.38
 
Hammer thrower Arniel Ferrera, the favorite to win the event this year, again settled for silver with a throw of 61.18, while Tantipon Petchaiya of Thailand, who was beaten by Ferrera at the Thailand Open this year, successfully defended his title with a new game record throw of 62.23.

Malaysia’s Jackie Wng Siew Cheer Jackie took the bronze with a throw of 59.75.

Filipina pole vaulter Rizel Buenaventora finally delivered a podium finish, winning the bronze medal of the women’s pole vault event with a leap of 3.80m. Buenaventora placed only 4th in the 2011 SEA Games, but with a much better leap of 3.90m, her personal best.

Asian bronze medalist, Sukanya Chomchuendee of Thailand, won the gold with a new game record leap of 4.21m. Thi Phuong of Vietnam took the silver with 4.10m leap.

Heptathlete Narcisa Atienza, the silver medalist last SEA Games, is on her way to another podium finish this year. She placed first in the shot-put, second in both 100m hurdles and high jump, but was third only in the 200m dash. She will see action again tomorrow in the javelin throw and 800m run to complete all 7 games in heptathlon.

Leading the women’s heptathlon is the defending champion from Tahiland, Wassana Winatho, who won all other three events.

In the first day of athletics action, the Philippine team has already collected 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals.

Target this year is about 5 to 7 gold medals, quite high, yet looks achievable, compared to the 2 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze medal they brought home last 2011 SEA Games.

Richie Garcia Blasts SEA Games Host

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Frustrated by the dismal showing of the Philippine athletes competing in the 27th Southeast Asian Games, Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia said yesterday that he will ask Chief of Mission Jeff Tamayo to submit to him a written report detailing the Philippine bets misadventure in Myanmar.

“I will ask Col. Tamayo for his overall assessment. E not so good showings of the athletes. We will reassess, restudy and evaluate their individual performance and apply the necessary measures to avoid another debacle in the next SEA Games in Singapore,” Garcia told Tempo while watching the championship game between Philab and National University in the first Chairman Cup Baseball Classic at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Garcia said he will also be summoning all the RP coaches.

“They have the responsibility, especially in the training of the athletes. I want to hear from them because they were there. I will give the opportunity to explain why their athletes failed to win. We cannot go on like this,” stressed Garcia.

Garcia said he will talk to Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco Jr. for the initial course of action.

“Being the POC president, the ball is in the hands of Mr. Cojuangco. Let’s give him the free hand to take the first step,” he said.

Garcia also lambasted the blatant display of bias by host Myanmar against other athletes, particularly Filipino boxers Rey Saludar, Wilfredo Lopez and Nesthy Petecio, who lost to their respective Myanmar rivals despite being clear winners.

“Garapalan ang ginawa sa atin ng Myanmar. They want to beat our athletes at all cost just to win medals. The defeats of our two boxers were a clear manifestation of their blatant display just to win medals at our expense,” said Garcia.

“What is disgusting is they scrapped some of the events like baseball, softball and fencing where we are strong. They cheated us. I couldn’t help but pity our boxers because they were robbed of the well-deserved victories,” he said.

Garcia also bared his frustration with wrestling for the mediocre showing of the six wrestlers who lost in their respective events despite training for three months in Iran and one month in Korea.

“We sent them to train in Iran and Korea to sharpen their skills and enrich their experience because these two countries are known in wrestling. Yet, they failed to win gold. Something is wrong with the program of wrestling,” noted Garcia.

Garcia has predicted the Philippines will place seventh to eighth overall.
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Philippines Protests Lost Gold at Myanmar SEA Games

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. The Philippines said Monday it had protested a decision by officials at the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar to strip a Filipina swimmer of her gold medal, the latest controversy surrounding the games.

The move comes after the Philippines questioned the huge number of obscure sports at the Myanmar games which seem designed to ensure that the host countries and its allies reap the most medals.

The Philippine Olympic Committee in a statement said it had sent a letter asking that Filipina swimmer Jasmine Alkhaldi be given back her gold.

 
Alkhaldi, 20, won the 100 metre freestyle on Thursday, but it was quickly taken back after Thailand protested, saying there had been a “false start.”
A re-swim was then ordered the following day, in which Alkhaldi came in third behind athletes from Thailand and Singapore, respectively.

A member of the Philippines’ SEAGames task force said the “re-swim” had put the Filipina at a disadvantage.

“You cannot regain that adrenaline from the first final swim. The momentum of our athletes was diminished,” said task force member Paul Ycasas.

The head of the Philippine mission to the Myanmar games Jeff Tamayo also said the order for a “re-swim” did not follow the rules set up by FINA (International Swimming Federation), the sport’s governing body.

“The settlement of Thailand’s protest by calling for a re–swim is simply out of order,” Tamayo said in a statement.

The Philippines’ head swimming coach, Carlos Brosas also charged that Singaporeans who dominate the region’s swimming federation, had favored the “re-swim” and had already advised him that the Philippines’ protest would be unsuccessful.

“The guys that really run the show, the bigwigs so to speak, are Singaporeans,” Brosas said in a statement from Myanmar.

He said Friday’s “re-swim” had benefitted the Singaporeans as well which may explain why they favored it.

The Philippines lags at seventh in the medal tally at the 27th SEAGames with only 10 golds so far, said Ycasas.

The country had dispatched a contingent of only 210 to Myanmar, one of its smallest ever to the competition, due to the large number of obscure games and the removal of more popular sports.

Philippine sports officials had previously considered sending only a “token” group or even boycotting the Myanmar games entirely.
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A Dozen of Gold at Stake for Team Philippines Today

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. A dozen of gold medals are at stake for Filipino athletes seeing action today at the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, and one of the 12 is a sure gold medal from men’s basketball team.

Sinag Pilipinas faces Malaysia this afternoon in their last match in the SEA Games to formalize their gold medal win.

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As athletics officially firing-off today, Filipino athletes gun for a total of four gold medals in the men’s 400m, hammer throw, long jump and women’s pole vault events.

Middle distance runner Archand Christian Bagsit, long jumper Henry Dagmil and hammer thrower Arniel Ferrera, all aim to convert their 2011 SEA Games silver medals to gold.

Other athletes favored to deliver a golden finish today are Hidilyn Diaz of weightlifting, and both the men’s and women’s team kumite.

Ronald Oranza and Mark John Lexer Galedo will race in the men’s Road Race 50km Individual Time Trial and hope for a podium finish, so as swimmers Jasmine Alkhaldi and Joshua Hall who are competing in the 200m freestyle and 200m breaststroke events, respectively.

Woodpushers Eugene Torre and Darwin Laylo will have to win all their games today in the men’s Asean Individual Standard Chess to have a crack for a medal finish.

Sailing action also officially kick-off today Ngwe Saung Beach, Pathein, with sailors and windsurfers Richly Magsanay, Ridgely Balladares, Rubin Cruz, Renz Angelo Amboy, Alaiza Mae Belmonte and Geylord Coveta seeing action.

Sailing does not offer any medal today though.

Here’s the list of other non-medal round games that Filipino athletes are entered today:

08:00 John Kier Abdon, Jobim Antonio Carlos, Rupert Zaragosa III, and Justin Raphael Quiban (Golf’s Men’s First Round)
10:00 Richly Magsanay / Ridgely Balladares (R1-3: Men’s International 470 Sailing)
10:00 Rubin Cruz (R1-3: Men’s Laser Standard Sailing)
10:00 Renz Angelo Amboy (R1-3: Men’s RS one(wind surfing)(Boys) Sailing)
10:00 Alaiza Mae Belmonte (R1-3: Women’s Laser Radial Sailing)
10:00 Geylord Coveta (R1-3: Open RS One (wind surfing))
09:30 Narcisa Atienza (Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon)
10:00 Perlas Pilipinas VS Indonesia
10:00 Dennis Orcollo & Caro Bidao (Men’s 9-Ball Billiards)
10:30 : Archand Christian Bagsit & Edgardo Alejan (Athletics Heats : Men’s 400m )
14:40 YAP Earl Benjamin (PHI) VS SAIDARA Daliya (LAO) (R1: Men’s Compound Individual)
14:40 ADRIANO Delfin Anthony (PHI) VS PANG Toh Jin (SIN) (R1: Men’s Compound Individu

Alkhaldi Settles for Bronze After Re-swim

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. Olympic swimmers Jasmine Alkhaldi settled for a third place in today’s re-swim of the women’s 100m freestyle event in the 27th Southeast Asian Games swimming competition in Wunna Theikdi Swimming Pool, Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

In what’s suppose to be a gold medal yesterday, Alkhaldi had to give up her medal and re-race the 100m freestyle event after SEA Games officials favored Thailand’s protest on the false start buzz at the start of yesterday’s race.

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Scheduled as the first event in the evening finals, all eyes were on Alkhaldi who showed-up in the re-swim as true and dignified sportsman.

Alkhaldi started well just like yesterday, still trailing Singapore’s Ting Wen Qua on her left, but this time ahead of Amanda Lim on her right.

Unlike yesterday, Thailand’s Natthanan Junkrajang and Jenjira Srisaard in lane 2 and 3 also came really strong, with Nathanan leading all four swimmers in the middle of the race by a couple of millisecond, with Alkhaldi in a very close 4th position.

Again, Alkhaldi propelled her way in the last 20 meters of the race, but her effort was only enough to finish third to Nathanan who won the gold and Ting Wen Quah who took the silver.

Alkhaldi clocked 56.63 seconds to win the bronze medal (her first SEA Games medal); 0.02 seconds faster that her gold medal swim yesterday, but slower that her personal best of 56.37 she clocked in this year’s world championship in August, which is the current Philippine national record.

Nathanan won the race with a gold medal time of 56.23, while Ting Wen Quah who still finished second in this event clocked 56.54

Alkhaldi looked not so happy in the awarding ceremony, compared to yesterday’s awarding ceremony where she was all smile.

After the swimming event this evening, Alkhaldi dedicated her swim to God, and thanked all the people who supported her in such tragic event.

In her Facebook status, she wrote : “I believe that everything happens for a reason, and I am so thankful and blessed to be able to get my first ever SEA Games medal tonight, though there were a lot of challenges that came my way- the Filipino spirit does not give up (hehe). I dedicate my swim to God, without Him I wouldn’t have even come this far and I couldn’t be more proud on how I handled the situation,” wrote Alkhaldi.

“Some things are just worth better than gold, I did my best and I’m pretty sure that I left my mark. It’s not about winning the race; it’s about how you finish it. I would like to THANK everyone that sent me messages and cheered me on. Knowing that I had the whole country behind my back is such a blessing and made me feel a million times better, salamat sa suporta na ibinigay niyo sa mga atletang pinoy! Thanks for the looooove!!!”, Alkhaldi added.

As of press time, Philippine Swimming Incorporated has already filed a protest to the Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA), the world governing body of Aquatics. The protest though will actually take months until decision is made.

Apart from Alkaldi’s win in today’s swimming finals, Fil-foreign swimmer Joshua Hall also delivered a bronze medal in the men’s 100m breaststroke event with a time of 1:03.32. Come-backing swimmer Radomyos Matjiur of Thailand won the gold with a time of 1:03.06, while Indra Gunawan of Indonesia took the silver by clocking 1:03.18.

Matt Navatta and Jessie Khing Lacuna failed to medal in their respective events today, with Navatta almost winning the bronze in the 200m individual medley event where he placed 4th with a time of 2:05.44.

Olympian Jessie Lacuna placed 5th in the 100m freestyle event with a time of 51.52. This is his first time to enter in this event in SEA Games.

Swimming tomorrow are Jessie Khing Lacuna and Jasmine Alkhaldi in the 100m butterfly events.

In the morning heats which starts at 9:00am (10:30am Manila time) Lacuna swims in lane 3 of heat 1 with a seed time of 55.92; while Alkhaldi swims in lane 5 of heat 1 with a seed time of 1:01.71.

Top 8 swimmers in the morning heats advance to the evening finals which starts at 6:00pm (7:30pm Manila time).

Boxing & Karatedo End Philippines’ Gold Medal Drought in SEA Games

PHILIPPINES UPDATED. After two consecutive days without winning a single gold medal, Philippine boxing and karatedo teams end the gold medal drought in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, winning four gold medals today.

Boxer Jovie Gabuco started the medal haul by ruling the women’s light flyweight division in a majority decision win over Indonesia’s Beatrix Suguro.

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Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga then delivered the second gold by overpowering Konelis Kwangu Langu of Indonesia in the 49kg class, followed by Mario Fernandez who shut-out Thailand’s Donchai Tathi also in a unanimous decision, in the bantamweight division.

Karaeka Ramon Antonio Franco sneaked in another gold medal in the men’s individual kumite -55 kg, to add up the gold medal haul to four.

Franco beat Brunei’s Muhammad Fadaiy Sanif, 8-6, in the finals to win Karatedo’s first gold in this year’s SEA Games.

Coming close to a golden finish today are boxers Junel Cantanioc (60kg), Dennis Galvan (64kg), Wilfredo Lopez (75kg) and Nesthy Petecion (57kg) who all lost their final bouts and settled for silver.

Mae Soriano, one of the gold medal prospects of the Karatedo team, also settled for silver after loosing in a very close fight for the gold in the women’s individual kumite 55kg.

Another gold medal hopeful and defending champion, Rubilen Amit also lost the women’s 9-ball gold to Indonesia’s Magdalena Ticoalu in a lopsided finals, 7-2; while compatriot Efren Bata Reyes and Francisco delos Reyes both lost their semifinal battles in the men’s 1 Cushion Carom Single and settled for bronze.

Adding more medals for Philippines are Jasmine Alkhaldi (100m Butterfly), Joanna Mae Ylanan (Individual Kumite 68kg), and Rogelio Antonio Jr. (international individual blitz), who contributed a bronze medal each.

Woodpushers Mark Paragua, Janelle Mae Frayna and Catherine Perena failed to medal today in the international individual blitz chess event, so as the lone biker seeing action today, Joey Barba who placed 5th in the Men’s Mountain Bike Down Hill 1.5km finals with a time of 2:29.505.

Sinag Pilipinas beat Indonesia, 83-52, and is set to face Malaysia today to formalize their gold medal win.

Archers were off to a good start at the men’s compound individual qualification in he afternoon where Earl Benjamine Yap placed 2nd, Delfin Anthony Adriano in 5th, Ian Patrick Chipeco in 11th, and Jose Ferdinand Adriano in 20th position.

Team Philippines ended today’s action with 3 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze medals.

 

Philippine Athletics Kick Off SEA Games Campaign Today

PHILIPPINE UPDATED. Philippines athletics team are all fired up for a good start today, as athletics events kick off at the 27th SEA Games in Wunna Theikdi Stadium, Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Spearheading the first day of athletics action are middle distance runner Archand Christian Bagsit, long jumper Henry Dagmil and hammer thrower Arniel Ferrera, all gunning to convert their 2011 SEA Games silver medals to gold.

Bagsit, the first to see action in the morning heats today, came so close in winning the gold in his SEA Games debut two years ago in Palembang, Indonesia, barely losing the 400m run gold to Indonesia’s Heru Astriyanto.

“He has improved a lot since Indonesia,” said Phl athletics team leader Luisito Arciaga on the eve of the sport’s kickoff. “This time, he’s one of our strongest bets for the gold.”

Bagsit, then only 20, lost the 400m gold to Astriyanto with a clocking of 47.71s to the Indonesian’s 47.53 in Palembang. He now clocks a season’s best of 47.11 en route to his golden campaign this year.

Joining Bagsit in the 400m heats this morning is Edgardo Alejan who is the fastest Filipino runner at present in the 400m dash with season’s best of 46.95.

Dagmil and Ferrera start their campaign this afternoon, with Dagmil taking the first jump in the order of events which starts at 14:00pm. He’ll be joined by Benigno Marayag who has been jumping better distance than Damil this year.

Also seeing action today are Riezel Buenaventura in the women’s pole vault and Narcisa Atienza in heptathlon.

Philippine athletics which only won two gold medals last 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia, hope to deliver 6 gold medals this year, and they hope to win two of those 6 today to fire-up the team.

Athletics has the most number of athletes this year in Myanmar SEA Games. A total of 24 athletes are seeing action in various events.

Not seeing action today are hurdler Eric Shauwn Cray, 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechaser Jessica Barnard, high jumper Tyler Ruiz, Eliezer Sunang, Rene Herrera, Ernest John Obiena, Loralie Sermona, Katherine Khay Santos, Julius Felicisimo Nierras, Mervin Guarte, Danilo Fresnido, Jesson Ramil Cid, Junrey Bano, Eric Panique, Christopher Ulboc Jr., Isidro del Prado Jr., Tyler Ruiz, and Rosie Villarito