World champion Carlos Yulo anchored a medal rampage by the Philippines on Monday, May 16, 2022, by bagging two more gold medals.
Also claiming gold medals were the dance sport team, bowler Merwin Tan, swimmer Chloe Isleta, and taekwondo jin Jocelyn Ninobla.
The Monday medal harvest fortified t
National team chef de mission Ramon Fernandez (Photo from PSC Facebook page) HANOI - Halfway through the 31st Vietnam Southeast Asian Games, national team chef de mission Ramon Fernandez was optimistic that if the trend continues, the county will hit its goal of finishing third overall in the medal standings. "We are halfway through the Games, and we are in the top three of the medal standings, thank God. We are well within our target of finishing at least third overall. We just have to maintain our performance until the end," Fernandez said Tuesday. Despite limited resources and training that was hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic back home, the Filipino campaigners were putting up a gallant stand, delivering their biggest haul thus far the other day of 10 gold medals. They were in the third spot with a tally of 30 golds, 34 silvers, and 50 bronzes as of Monday night, within striking distance of No. 2 Thailand (34-35-50), while host Vietnam continued to be out of reach at the
The Filipino keglers were off to a hot start in the 31st Southeast Asian Games as Alexis Sy captured the silver medal in women’s single category in bowling at the Royal City Hanoi Bowling Lanes on Monday, May 16.
Photo from PSC Sy, who sat outside the top 3 in round 5, fired 232 in the final rou
2 MORE GOLDS. Carlos Yulo dominates the vault finals and adds a surprise gold medal in the horizontal bars to finish his stint in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam with five gold medals on Monday (May 16, 2022). With his two more golds, Yulo got a shot at becoming the best male athlete of the biennial meet. (Photo courtesy of Team Philippines) HANOI - Carlos Yulo expectedly dominated the vault finals and added a surprise gold medal in the horizontal bars as he ended his stint in the 31st Southeast Asian Games here with a shot at becoming the best male athlete while leading a nine-gold rush by the Philippines on Monday. After wowing the crowd at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace with a runaway victory in the vault where he scored 14.700 points, Yulo, 22, returned hours later and tied for first in the horizontal bars with Din Phuong Thanh of Vietnam, both scoring 13.867 points. The horizontal gold was the fifth gold medal by Yulo, the reigning vault world champion, counting his
The Philippines continued its medal rampage at the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Monday, May 16, 2022, anchored on victories from gymnast Carlos Yulo, the dancesport team and bowler Merwin Tan in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Carlos Yulo competes in vault en route to winning the gold medal. (POC-PSC Images