PH gets silver in takraw
MANILA – The Philippines
n was already on the medal board even before the formal start of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games this Saturday.
It settled for silver in sepak takraw men’s Chinlone event 3 (linking) portion yesterday after losing to Malaysia 391- 271 in the gold medal game in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Philippine squad – comprising John Bobier, Rhemwil Catana, Emmanuel Escote, Ronsited Gabayeron, Joeart Jumawan, John Carlo Lee, John Jeffrey Morcillos, Regie Pabriga, and Alvin Pangan – qualified for the finals after placing second in the preliminaries.
Sepak takraw’s Chinlone event is a traditional sport that originated in Myanmar where a ball is juggled and passed on to each player
rt without allowing it to touch the ground.
On the other hand, the Filipino men’s and women’s f ootball t eams had an impressive start in the Games after scoring separate wins Tuesday night.
The Under-22 men’s team leaned on second-half goals by Reymart Cubon and Kou Ichi Belgira to defeat Cambodia 2-0 at the Selayang Stadium.
After their scoreless first half, the Philippines got the better hand when Cubon opened the scoring with a header from a pass by Jarvey Gayoso.
Cambodia had plenty of chances to equalize the match but failed to convert one until the Filipinos bagged the win