Tabal, other Sea Games gold medalists visit Congress today for courtesy call
CEBUANA Olympian Mary Joy Tabal and the other gold medalists in the recent 29th Southeast Asian Games will be at the House of Representatives today for a courtesy call.
This is to give each athlete recognition for winning a gold in the biennial multi-sporting meet held last August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 28-year-old Tabal from Barangay Guba, Cebu City, ruled women’s marathon of the meet. She clocked two hours, 48 minutes and 26 seconds, beating Hoang Thi Thanh of Vietnam (2:55.43) and Natthaya Thanaronnawat of Thailand (2:58.17).
Her gold was one of the 24 won by the Philippines, which finished sixth in the 11-nation meet.
Kiyomi Watanabe and Trenten Anthony Beram, both with Cebuano blood, will be joining Tabal.
The Japan-born Watanabe ruled the 64-kilogram division of women’s judo while the US-born sprinter Beram topped the 200-meter dash.
Last month, the Olympian Tabal and the rest of the country’s gold medalists also paid a courtesy call to President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacañang Palace.
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