PH bets falter in dragon boat

FILIPINO rider Daniel Patrick Caluag couldn’t duplicate his gold-medal feat four years ago in Incheon as he ended up settling for bronze medal in the men’s BMX cycling competition of the 2018 Asian Games at the Pulo Mas International BMX Center in Jakarta, Indonesia.

“I didn’t get the result I aimed for but I am happy to contribute a medal for the Philippines,” said the 31-year old Caluag.

It was the seventh bronze medal for the Philippines after earning three from tae kwon do, two from wushu and one from ju-jitsu earlier.

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz earned the country’s first gold medal in Indonesia Games.

Caluag’s younger brother, Christopher John, meanwhile, failed to make the finals after bombing out of the three motos ( heats).

Sienna Elaine Fines, on the other hand,

Yaru, Thailand’s Chutikan Kitwanitsathian and Indonesia’s Wiji Lestar.

“So close—only two tads short,” Fines, one of the most popular Filipinas in the Asian Games because of her good and innocent looks, said.

But the Asian Games, she said, gave her the motivation to work harder.

“This has been a great experience. This is the Asian Games and it’s like the Olympics already,” said the 19- year- old who skipped school for the last three years to focus on BMX racing.

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with Lestar coming in 1.145 seconds later.

Thai Chamavee Kerdmanee finished ahead of Fines. The Philippine men’s team was thrown off its rhythm by a false start and wound