Swimmer gets 3 golds for PH in School Games
MANILA – Swimmer Maurice Sacho Ilustre raised Team Philippines’ gold medal haul in the 9th ASEAN School Games in Singapore after bagging three on Day 2.
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Ilustre won the 200m freestyle boys, 100m butterfly boys and 100m freestyle boys on Sunday. He also bagged silver in the 400m freestyle. Bhay Newberry also topped the 200m backstroke girls, while Justine Ace de Leon dominated the artistic vault boys.
Winning silver medals were Francis Obiena in pole vault boys, Jerald Dominic Jacinto in 100m backstroke, Jessel Lumapas in 400m dash girls, and the 4x100m relay boys team.
Taking bronze were Raven GM Alcoseba in 200m backstroke girls, Nicole Pamintuan in 200m freestyle girls, Sylvian
Wei Yi ( 2738) is leading the 8th Danzhou Super GM Tournament by a full point going to the last two rounds of the 10-player, Category 19 ( average Elo: 2720) single round- robin event in China.
Taking part in the all-GM competition are Wei, Ding Liren ( 2781), Yu Yangyi ( 2753), Vassily Ivanchuk (2729), Le Quang Liem (2726), Vladimir Malakhov ( 2722), Arkadij Naiditsch ( 2712), Ruslan Ponomariov (2699), Wang Hao ( 2698), and Lu Shanglei (2638).
Wei actually led by 1 ½ points after Round 6, but was held to a draw by Naiditsch in Round 7, allowing Le who defeated Ivanchuk to cut the lead. Ponomariov and Wang were the only other victors in Round 7.
The s t andings after Round 7: 1, Wei, 5 ½ ; 2. Le, 4½; 3-4. Ding, Wang, 4; 5-7.
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Failing to capture medals on Day 2 were Ilongga Elvy Villagoniza in high jump and Juancho Miguel Besana, who placed fourth in floor exercise boys.
Meanwhile, the Philippine men and women basketball teams defeated Malaysia, 76- 71 and 65-47, respectively.
The Philippines is currently in fifth place with eight gold, five silver and seven bronze medals, behind Indonesia (14-11-9), Thailand (13-10- 13), Vietnam (11-14-4), and Singapore (9-13-13)./
PN Ivanchuk, Naiditsch, Yu, 3½; 8. Ponomariov, 3; 9. Malakhov, 2; Lu, 1½. Wei,Yi (2738)-Yu,Yangyi
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PN MANILA – Kaya- Makati
n rt broke away in the second half to score a stunning 2-0 victory over JP Voltes-Marikina in the Philippines Football League at the University of Makati Gym.
Jordan Mintah and Robert Lopez Mendy scored a goal each for Kaya, which scored its second consecutive win on Sunday night after defeating Davao Aguilas, 5-1, last week.
“I am glad that my players performed well against a tough team like JP Voltes,” said Kaya head coach Noel Marcaida. “I think our players held them well and we were able to score in the second half.”
With both teams held scoreless in the first half, Kaya drew first blood in the second half as Mintah drained a shot that ricocheted off the post in the 60th minute.
JP Voltes had chances to tie but failed to launch a decent attack. Kaya was able to double the lead 20 minutes later as Lopez Mendy was left with a wide opening for a long-range hit.
Kaya moved up to third place in the standings with 20 points, on six wins, two draws and three losses, while JP Voltes slid to fifth place with 18 points.
At the Quirino Stadium in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Ilonggo Jan Jesus Melliza scored a game- tying goal as Stallion-Laguna forced a 1-1 draw with Ilocos United.
Due to “abandoned field conditions,” the league ended the match at the half.
Stallion-Laguna and Ilocos United were at seventh and eighth places, respectively, in the standings./