Cebu adds 3 golds, 1 silver to phones

FIRST IN A DECADE. James Deiparine, who traces his roots to Cebu, won the country’s first gold medal in swimming in 10 years in the Southeast Asian Games. (AP PhOTO )
FIRST IN A DECADE. James Deiparine, who traces his roots to Cebu, won the country’s first gold medal in swimming in 10 years in the Southeast Asian Games. (AP PhOTO )

CEBU’s athletes made waves in the fifth day of competition as they handed three gold medals and a silver as the Philippines solidified its lead in the overall championship in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

The athletes from the Queen City of the South completed a sweep in the Games of Skate with Margielyn Didal and Daniel Ledermann winning the women’s and men’s titles.

The Fil-German Ledermann captured a gold medal for the country as he topped the men’s Game of Skate event at the Sigtuna Hall, Tagaytay International Convention Center on Thursday.

Ledermann , whose mother is from Barili, Cebu, bagged his first SEA Games gold medal to complete the country’s sweep in the Games of Skate.

Before Ledermann, it was Cebuana Didal who first saw action in an all-Filipina finals.

Didal lived up to her lofty billing as she handed a gold medal in the women’s Game of Skate event, the country’s first gold medal in the skate competition of the 30th SEA Games.

The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Didal outlasted Christiana Means in an all-Filipina finals for her first SEA Games gold medal.

Judoka Kiyomi Watanabe capped off the day with another gold, her fourth in her Seag career.

Watanabe defended her title in the women’s judo 63kgs. division at the Laus Group Event Centre in San Fernando, Pampanga.

The Fil-Japanese Watanabe is shooting for ranking points to qualify in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A total of 12 gold medals are at stake in the judo competition.

In shooting, Ditto Nestor Dinopol of Ginatilan won a silver medal in the mixed benchrest air rifle, losing by just one point to HM Anwar Fafan Khoirul of Indonesia. Anung Satrio Wibowo, also of Indonesia, won the bronze medal.

The host Philippines has accumulated 127 medals—60 golds, 43 silvers and 24 bronzes—and solidified its hold of the lead in the overall medal tally after Day 5 of competition as of 5 p.m. on Thursday.

The Filipinos never looked back after a splashing start on Day 1, when the country nabbed 23 gold medals, a gold medal shy of matching the country’s overall output in the 2017 Kuala Lumpur Games. It took only two days before the Philippines surpassed the 2017 gold medal haul.

Vietnam remained at a distant second overall with 28 golds, 33 silvers and 37 bronzes.

The overall top three ranking has changed as Indonesia surpassed the defending overall champion Malaysia. Indonesia rose to third spot with a gold-silver-bronze tally of 23-30-31 while Malaysia dropped to fourth.

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