{"id":51743,"date":"2015-06-13T21:15:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51743"},"modified":"2015-06-13T21:15:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:15:39","slug":"sea-games-ph-bags-2-golds-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/13\/sea-games-ph-bags-2-golds-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"SEA Games: PH bags 2 golds in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dustin Jacob Mella, Rodolfo Reyes Jr and Raphael Enrico Mella win gold (Photo via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Showcasing an impressive routine, Taekwondo\u2019s men\u2019s poomsae trio Dustin Jacob Mella, Raphael Enrico Mella and Rodolfo Reyes Jr., won a gold medal on Friday in the men\u2019s team division at the 28th Southeast Asian Games.<\/p>\n

The Taekwondo\u00a0jins\u00a0scored 7.850 points, followed by Vietnam\u2019s 7.720 points and Indonesia\u2019s 7.505 points.<\/p>\n

Also in that day, trackster Christopher Ulboc took home a gold medal after topping the men\u2019s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a record of 8 minutes and 59.07 seconds. He defeated Vietnam\u2019s Pham Tien San with 8 minutes and 59.90 seconds and Indonesia\u2019s Atjong Purwanto with 9 minutes and 6.41 seconds.<\/p>\n

Aside from the two golds, the Philippines also bagged two silvers and 13 bronzes.<\/p>\n

Taekwondo\u2019s poomsae\u2019s women\u2019s individual contender Rinna Babanto and women\u2019s flyweight contender Irene Bermejo won the two silvers.<\/p>\n

Babanto-led women\u2019s\u00a0 poomsae trio, athletics\u2019 Edgardo Alejan in the men\u2019s 400 meters, Donovant Arriola in the men\u2019s long jump, Jessica Barnard in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase and Narcisa Atienza in the women\u2019s heptathlon, and Eric Ang, Hagen Topacio and Miguel Laperal in the men\u2019s trap team, Jeson Patrombon and Katharina Lehnert in men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis singles, Maiquel Jawn Selga and Mark Howard Griffin in wakeboarding, Jenar Torillos in Taekwondo\u2019s men\u2019s finweight class, and bowling\u2019s women\u2019s teams of five and men\u2019s squash team were those who took home the 13 bronzes.<\/p>\n

Before the day ended, Sinag Pilipinas beat Timor Leste, 126-2, in basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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