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Topacio provided a bright moment with his 71 out of possible 75 points in the first three rounds of men’s trap shooting. He stands at joint third, a point off two joint leaders going into the last two rounds of the qualifying today.
Patrombon advanced to the second round in both the men’s singles and men’s doubles in tennis.
The 25-year-old Iligan native bundled out Guzmao Fernandez of Timor Lester, 6-4, 6-2, in singles, then paired with Francis Alcantara in a 6-4, 6-2 win over a Qatari tandem in the doubles.
Marian Jade Capadocia drew first round bye in ladies singles.
In cycling, the Philippine federation and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) slammed UE College of Dentistry officials for refusing to allow Salamat to compete here.
“The decision of the UE College of Dentistry not to allow cyclist Marella Salamat to take a leave of absence is deplorable,” said POC president Ricky Vargas in a statement.
Countless efforts initiated by PhilCycling president Rep. Abraham Tolentino and even officials of the Philippine Sports Commission to persuade Salamat to race in women’s road race fell on deaf ears.
“Salamat is a medal potential who wanted to compete for flag and country. This puts in question the sense of nationalism of an educational institution which has been known for its long history of Filipino sports heroes,” Vargas said.
“We are disappointed with this decision,” he stressed.
By early evening, Roxanne Ashley Yu, who finished eighth and last in the morning heats of the 200m backstroke, finished in the same position in the finals.
The 21-year-old graduating student of Criminology at the University of MiamiFlorida, had a time of 2:21.25, slower than her time of 2:19 in the heats. She was over14 seconds behind the winning time of 2:07.65 of Chinese gold medalist Liu Yaxin. Japan’s Natsumi Sakai took the silver (2:08.13) and another Chinese Pemg Xuwei the bronze (2:09.14)
The Philippine softball team got off to a smashing start in the seven-team competitions with a 7-0 blasting of Hong Kong at the GBK softball field. They next face Korea at 3 p.m. and powerhouse China at 8 p.m.in the continuation of the preliminaries today.