Source: Gerry Carpio, philstar.com
-- The Filipinos’ drive got some lift from golden feats in taekwondo, karatedo and swimming – on Miguel Molina’s second gold – but this hardly gave the Phlippines the boost it needed for a third-place finish as Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia surged mightily on the third day of the Southeast Asian Games here yesterday.
Two-time Olympian Tshomlee Go won taekwondo’s fourth gold and with its three silver and three bronze medals, the fancied team of PTA head Robert Aventajado has become the winningest team so far among 22 squads competing in the biennial meet.
At the Chao Anovoung gymanbsium in downtown Vientiane, Marna Pabillore imposed her supremacy over a tough Vietnamese to win the -65kg category in karatedo.
At nightfall, the Japan-trained Molina reigned anew in the 4x50m individual medley with a clocking of 2:03.68 after ruling the 400IM Thursday.
Fil-Am Charles Walker, competing for the first time in the SEA Games, took the silver in the 100m freestyle in a new Philippine record of 50.-6 seconds. Gold medalist Daniel Bego of Malaysia won it in a new SEAG record time of 50.16.
Walker, 19, improved the 51.11 Philippine norm established by Molina himself in the 2007 when he swam the first leg of the national relay team in the SEAG. RP’s diving queen Sheila Mae Perez, Olympian and two-time gold medalist of the SEAG, settled for silver (286 points) in her favorite 3m springboard event won by Keodouangta Fasavang (290 points) of the host nation.
In the evening session, Ryan Fabriga contributed a bronze medal in 10m platform with a score 413.95 behind Malaysia’s Bryan Nickson (476.15) and Muhammad Nasrullah of Indonesia (421.65).
As of 8:15 p.m., the Philippines was running sixth with 7-10-7 gold-silver-bronze medals behind Vietnam 14-10-10, Thailand 13-20-16, Singapore 12-5-10, Indonesia 11-7-14 and Malaysia 8-8-18.
Rounding up the standings were Laos 4-3-11, Myamar 2-4-7, Cambodia 1-3-4, Brunei 0-0-3 and Timor Leste 0-0-1.
Zaidi Laruan of muay kept RP’s gold hope alive in the lightweight class after whipping Vietnam’s Ly Hoang Tan in the semifinal.
Maricel Subang, however, failed to advance, losing to Nguyen Tuyet Dung of Vietnam in their semifinal round match in light flyweight and bowed out with the country’s third bronze.
Also in position to capture medals are the snooker doubles team of Roberto Gomez Jr and Carlo Biado, who eliminated Lao tandem of Khamsai and Deathavong, 3-2 in the quarterfinals.
Reynaldo Grandea made easy work of Myanmar’s Aung San, 1-0 in the preliminaries of cushion single carom.
The national golf squad stood at fourth after the first round with 217, four strokes off Singapore. Myanmar and Thailand were dead even at 214.
In individual play, Mark Fernando and Antonio Asistio shared fourth with 71s, two behind leader Jonathan Leong of Singapore.
Filipino male netters likewise entered the finals after edging Indonesia, 2-1, in the semis. Their female counterparts, however, dropped their semis match against Thailand, 1-2 and finished with a bronze.
Shooting produced the worst results for RP as Shanin Gonzales (368) wound up 11th in a field of 21 in the 10m air pistol while Ruth Ricardo (363) occupied 15th.
Gonzales, Ricardo and Michaella Padilla were sixth out of seven in the team contest of the event. In the men’s side Carolino Gonzales scored 559, good for 10th spot in a roster of 14.
Friday, December 11, 2009
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