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PHNOM PENH –A rich medal harvest is expected from Filipino athletes as they go into action Saturday in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.
Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham Tolentino said this after the games were formally declared open Friday at the Morodok Techo Stadium here.POC president Abraham Tolentino with jiu-jitsu medalists An all-Filipino finals has shaped up in the men’s and women’s individual 100m event of obstacle racing at the Chroy Changvar Convention Center Car Park when it gets going at 8 a.m.This will hand the Philippines two more gold medals, with Kevin Pascua, who claimed the gold in the men’s class in the inaugural staging of the event in the Philippines back in 2019, dueling for the gold with Mark Julius Rodelas.Tolentino feels that gold medals will come from karate, kun bokator and swimming.
Competitions will also fire off in athletics, 3×3 basketball, boxing, cycling, e-sports, artistic gymnastics, vovinam, pencak silat, pétanque, sepak takraw, soft tennis, tennis, aquathlon, and the demonstration sport of teqball.
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