Watanabe retains judo crown, gives PH its sixth gold in SEA Games
PHILIPPINES FEMALE JUDO GOLD MEDALIST/JULY 9, 2015: Clad in her white judogi, Kiyomi Watanabe member of the Judo Philippine team bites her gold medal that she won during 2015 28th Sea Games in Singapore.(CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)
Filipino-Japenese Kiyomi Watanabe ended a fruitful day for the Philippine campaign after retaining her title in judo.
Clad in a white judogi, last year’s Asian Junior Champion scored an ippon in the 3:36 mark to overwhelm Senatham Orapin of Thailand in the women’s 57-63 kg finale.
Fencers Nathaniel Perez, Louie Brennan Wayne and Wilfred Richard Curioso concluded their stint with a silver medal after Singapore defeated the Philippines, 45-40, in the men’s team foil.
Roughly 45 minutes later Harlene Raguin, Anna Estimada and Hanniel Abella also lost their bid against Vietnam, 45-28, in the women’s team epee championship.
Swimmers Jasmine Alkhaldi and Joshua Hall produced the first pair of medals in the pool—a couple of bronzes in the women’s 50-meter butterfly and men’s 100m breaststroke at the OCBC Aquatics Center.
The Philippines now totes a 6-8-14, gold-silver-bronze tally.
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