LEGASPI CITY, Albay – Iloilo City-based taekwondo jins delivered 12 gold medals for Western Visayas in the taekwondo competition of the 2024 PRISAA National Games at the SM City Legaspi here.
Hannah Dello (finweight), Diana Dello (flyweight), Mary Noelle Alim (bantamweight), Sheine Nicole De Asis (lightweight), Sophia Grace Go (light middleweight) and Carina Adrea Duran (middleweight) won a gold each in secondary girls division.
Cy Espinoza (finweight), Enzo Cape (flyweight), Kyle Chin (featherweight) and Justine Diasnes (lightweight) and Sam Vargas (heavyweight) captured a gold in the secondary boys division, while Jan Kenneth Rafols (flyweight) ruled in the tertiary men’s division.
NIR’s Acel Mariane Cabalhin, meanwhile, made her presence felt in the tertiary women taekwondo event after bagging a gold medal in the kyorugi finweight class and silver in the poomsae team.
NIR’s Dem Mark Gabayeron also won a gold in kyorugi heavyweight class, Lexan Cabalhin captured a silver in junior men finweight kyorugi, while Raizzen Nieves clinched a bronze medal in the junior men middleweight class.
Mika Ella Medina and Krystel Monique Galanza of University of St. La Salle-Bacolod clinched a gold medal in the tertiary women’s doubles lawn tennis event held at the Camp Ola Tennis Court.
Medina and Galanza, representing the Negros Island Region (NIR), ruled their division after defeating their opponents from Region 7 in the race-to-four championship round, 4-0.
For Medina and Galanza, this served as a bounce back after settling for silver medal finish with Arthea Judd Escamilla, and Andreana De Venecia in lawn tennis team event last Wednesday.
Karatedo athlete Jerson Fundador Macalipay, on the other hand, bagged a gold medal for NIR in the tertiary men’s kata event.
In swimming, Troy Boy Naranjo took home a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke event, before settling for a silver medal finish in the 100-meter breaststroke event./PN
