After Lariba’s unsuccessful Olympic debut, swimmer Jessie Khing Lacuna, who’s in his second straight Olympics, failed to keep up with rivals in the men’s 400m freestyle. The judges from Turkey and Morocco both had the Filipino winning the second round. Lightweight Charly Suarez made his Olympic debut against Joseph Cordina of Great Britain. The judge from Uzbekistan gave all three rounds to Cordina, including the second, where Suarez landed a couple of right straights to his opponent’s face. Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco watched Suarez compete, joined by POC officials Steve Hontiveros, Julian Camacho and Jose Romasanta, who is the chef-de-mission in this Olympics.

Source: The Standard August 07, 2016 16:07 UTC