ILOCOS NORTE – National Capital Region’s young tanker Titus Rafael Sia broke two old records on the way to winning a pair of gold medals in the 2025 Palarong Pambansa on Tuesday at the FEMMSÂ in Laoag, Ilocos Norte.
The 12-year-old swimmer ruled both 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle of the elementary boys’ division, which saw him shatter the events’ previous best marks.
Sia clocked in two minutes and 7.86 seconds in the freestyle event, eclipsing the two minutes and 8.12 seconds set by Rafael Barreto in 2013. Â
He also registered one minute and 5.44 seconds in the backstroke event to surpass Seth Isaak Martin’s one minute and 6.38 seconds in 2015.
Aside from these two, Sia also bagged a gold medal 4×50 medley relay together with Reighlem Salon, Findlay Mackenzie, and Joshua Chua after they posted 2:6.83 seconds.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
