ILOCOS NORTE – Medal rush unfolded for a number of athletes as 2025 Palarong Pambansa concluded its third day.
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In swimming, younger tanker Sophia Rose Garra of NCR captured her fifth gold medal after ruling the elementary women’ 100m freestyle, clocking in a single minute and a pair of.51 seconds to emerge victorious towards 15 opponents.
Yesterday, the Malabon Metropolis satisfaction additionally reigned supreme in 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 4×50 medley, and 200m particular person medley. She is now tied with gymnast Arman Hernandez Jr. as probably the most bemedalled athletes thus far.
Garra, although, can nonetheless go for 2 medals as she is about to see motion tomorrow in two different occasions.
Like Garra, some athletes from monitor and area additionally managed to make splash on the Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium on the best way to reaching the rostrum anew.
Mico Villaran added one other gold to his assortment after successful within the 400-meter hurdles, registering 48.10 seconds to win the highest prize and erase a 15-year-old file of Patrick Unso, who posted 54.1 in 2010.
By the way, Villaran additionally broke Unso’s earlier mark when the younger Bacolod ace dominated the 110m hurdles final Monday.
Runners Trixia Arellano, Cris Ivan Domingo, Jeralyn Rodriguez, and Pi Durden Ahead Wangkay all dominated the 100m dash to realize double-gold feats because the quartet all dominated their respective 200m run occasions on Tuesday.
Iloilo guess Arellano clocked in 12.84 seconds in elementary women division whereas NCR ace Domingo put collectively a 12.04-second outing within the elementary boys class. In secondary women and boys, in the meantime, Rodriguez posted 12.05 seconds whereas Wangkay coated the race in 10.82 ticks.
In arnis, Shayne Mark Monreal of Area 10 and Airielle Ashley Lape of Area 13 each have 4 gold medals thus far.
As of posting, Nationwide Capital Area nonetheless leads the medal tally with 62 gold medals, 34 silver, and 18 bronze whereas Area IV-A continues to be at second with 28 gold, 39 silver, and 24 bronze.
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—JKC, GMA Built-in Information