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FILE -Philippines’ Jean Claude Saclag. INQUIRER PHOTO/LEO M. SABANGAN II.
PHNOM PENH—Kickboxer Jean Claude Saclag spared no effort in mauling his favored rival for a 3rd straight title within the males’s low kick -63.5kg division on Monday night time on the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games.
As the group rallied behind the hometown guess, Saclag took each alternative he present in attacking Cambodian San Rakim for a 3-0 win that capped the nation’s five-gold haul of the day.
The 28-year-old pleasure of Kalinga earlier defeated Dimitri Kyttanasilalack of Laos, 3-0, within the semifinals on the way in which to defending the titles he captured again to again within the Hanoi Video games final yr and within the 2019 version in Manila.
Saclag additionally relieved the ache of two bronze finishes within the sport courtesy of Kurt Lubrica (males’s low kick -51kg) and Jomar Balangui (males’s low kick -57kg).
SURPASSING GOLD OUTPUT
Saclag’s effort put the Philippines inside a gold to match its output of 52 gold medals in 2022 Vietnam with a day of competitions left earlier than the SEA Video games formally come to an in depth on Wednesday.
“There are extra sports activities to be performed. We nonetheless have arnis, kickboxing, judo, floorball, sepak takraw and conventional boat race the place our medals will come from,’’ mentioned Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol’’ Tolentino.
“There are many surprises and we’ll be ending robust,’’ he added.
General, the nation is settled at fifth place with 51 gold medals, 77 silvers and 103 bronze behind Vietnam (122-100-98), Thailand (94-76-93), Indonesia (74-67-92) and host Cambodia (71-68-113).
In the meantime, judo siblings Jeanalane Lopez (ladies’s -44kg) and Leah Jhane Lopez (ladies’s -48kg) contributed to the nation’s bronze assortment on Monday together with John Viron Ferrer within the males’s -90kg division.
Taekwondo jins Dave Cea (males’s -80kg), Child Jessica Canabal (ladies’s -53kg), Laila Delo (ladies’s -67kg) and Joseph Chua (males’s -63kg) likewise did not advance to the finals and ended up with bronze medals.
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