Gymnastics, skateboarding, tennis, karatedo, fencing, billiards and soft tennis put in one gold each as the fired-up Filipino bets resumed their gold medal spree after slowing down with seven on Friday. Sailing produced a gold in Subic as Troy Tayong and Emerson Villena ruled the International 470 event for men. The Philippines also bagged the silvers in freestyle mixed team, mixed pair, freestyle individual and women’s team with the jins looking to match or surpass their 6-5-1 (gold-silver-bronze) feat in 2005 as action in kyorugi (sparring) starts today. Bien Zoleta, former lawn tennis standout, later held off Indonesia’s Anadeleyda Kawengian, 4-2, to clinch the gold in soft tennis. The Malaysians surprised the fancied Thais in a playoff to earn a crack at the gold while Thailand, which routed the Phl, 3-0, and Indonesia, which ripped Singapore, 1.5-.5, will dispute the men’s gold.

Source: Philippine Star December 07, 2019 15:56 UTC