The Filipino tracksters copped five gold, three silver two bronze medals in the 2017 Hong Kong Inter-City Athletics Championships held in Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong. National mainstays Archand Christian Bagsit, Eliza Luzon, Katherine Santos and Patrick Unso also secured gold medals in their respective events. Bagsit then joined forces with Anfernee Lopena, Patrick Unso and Trenten Beram in winning the 4x100m relay silver in 39.96 seconds. Meanwhile, Ernest John Obiena bagged a silver in the 22nd International Meeting in Velenje Slovenia. He submitted 5.50m, surpassing the SEA Games gold-medal standard of 5.30m.

Source: Manila Times June 27, 2017 15:11 UTC