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Hussein Loraña, 21, and Naomi Cesar, 16, each beat former champions as they ship gold medals for the Philippines of their first Southeast Asian Video games stint
CHONBURI, Thailand – It might have been simply their first Southeast Asian Video games stint, however Hussein Loraña and Naomi Cesar have already left their mark.
The 2 younger weapons raised the Philippines’ golden tally in athletics to 4 after sweeping the 800m occasions on the Supachalasai Nationwide Stadium in Bangkok on Monday, December 15.
Loraña, 21, topped the lads’s 800m with a time of 1:48.80, denying 2021 champion Joshua Atkinson a return to the highest of the rostrum because the Thai settled for silver with 1:49.24.
Malaysia’s Wan Muhammad Fazri Wan Zahari bagged bronze with 1:49.85.
“I’m actually completely satisfied. I can’t clarify how completely satisfied I’m,” mentioned Loraña, who turned the primary Filipino to win the occasion since John Lozada reigned in 2001.
In the meantime, 16-year-old Cesar got here away with a shock victory within the ladies’s 800m, an occasion that had lengthy been dominated by Vietnam, as she clocked 2:10.2 in a photograph end that noticed her dethrone defending champion Nguyen Thi Thu Ha.
Nguyen settled for silver with 2:10.3, with Vietnam lacking out on the gold within the race for the primary time after victories within the final 13 editions.
The Philippines secured two podium spots as Bernalyn Bejoy received bronze with 2:10.6.
“It feels superb. I’m so honored and I’m at all times so proud to symbolize the nation. To win gold is a dream come true,” mentioned Cesar, who as soon as once more introduced honor to the Philippines simply lower than two months after taking residence silver within the Asian Youth Video games in Bahrain in October.
Because of Loraña and Cesar, the Philippines has already matched its four-gold athletics haul within the 2023 SEA Video games as John Cabang Tolentino (males’s 110m hurdles) and Hokett delos Santos (males’s decathlon) additionally gained. – Rappler.com
