Thursday, August 14, 2008 Davao rowers capture golds By Marianne Saberon-Abalayan
DAVAO City rowers Ruditha Poralan, Amina Annudina, Sanita Kasim, and Jesus Asok formed part of the Philippine team that harvested a total of two golds, four silvers, and three bronze medals in the 8th Asian Dragon Boat Championships that culminated recently in Penang, Malaysia.
Poralan told Sun.Star Davao Wednesday of the good news via a text message.
He said Team Philippines won the golds in mixed 200-meter standard boat and 500m half-boat. The silvers came from 2,000m standard boat, mixed 500m standard boat, mixed 500m half-boat and mixed 2,000m standard, while the bronze medals came from the 200m small boat, 500m standard and 200m.
Poralan, Kasim, Anuddin, and Asok were joined by Julie Ann Biadnes and Madonna Cadion in the team.
The same composition of rowers gave the Philippines two more golds in the Indonesian Championships that culminated last Monday.
"We bagged the golds in 800m events in Indonesia," Poralan said.
Poralan, Kasim, and Anuddin also helped the Philippines win silvers and bronze medals during the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Bangkok, Thailand last year.
Asok, meanwhile, was part of the RP men's dragonboat team that pocketed golds in the 23rd Philippines SEA Games in 2005. His younger brother, Jaime, is a member of the RP national diving team.
