Malacañang congratulated on Saturday (June 13) Filipino athletes
who emerged triumphant in their respective campaigns at the 28th Southeast
Asian (SEA) Games, which are currently being held in Singapore.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the gold medals bagged by our countrymen on Friday, June 12, must have felt kind of special as the Philippines was celebrating its 117th Independence Day.
First place finishes by the men’s poomsae team in taekwondo and Christopher Ulboc in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase helped bring the Philippines’ gold medal count to 24 (as of June 12).
The Philippines is currently ranked sixth in the overall medal standings with 24 golds, 29 silvers, and 54 bronzes for a total of 107 medals, according to the SEA Games official website.
Host country Singapore leads the competing Southeast Asian nations at present for the most number of gold medal wins (72) followed by Thailand (71), Vietnam (64), Malaysia (39), and Indonesia (35).
The Philippine contingent is composed of 472 athletes and 136 sporting officials in 35 out of 36 sporting events in this year’s SEA Games. The competitions started on June 5 and will end on June 16.
Whether these athletes would make a courtesy call on President Benigno S. Aquino III upon their return to the country remains to be seen as Valte said she is yet to find out if a request for such has been made. (PCOO News Release)
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the gold medals bagged by our countrymen on Friday, June 12, must have felt kind of special as the Philippines was celebrating its 117th Independence Day.
First place finishes by the men’s poomsae team in taekwondo and Christopher Ulboc in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase helped bring the Philippines’ gold medal count to 24 (as of June 12).
The Philippines is currently ranked sixth in the overall medal standings with 24 golds, 29 silvers, and 54 bronzes for a total of 107 medals, according to the SEA Games official website.
Host country Singapore leads the competing Southeast Asian nations at present for the most number of gold medal wins (72) followed by Thailand (71), Vietnam (64), Malaysia (39), and Indonesia (35).
The Philippine contingent is composed of 472 athletes and 136 sporting officials in 35 out of 36 sporting events in this year’s SEA Games. The competitions started on June 5 and will end on June 16.
Whether these athletes would make a courtesy call on President Benigno S. Aquino III upon their return to the country remains to be seen as Valte said she is yet to find out if a request for such has been made. (PCOO News Release)
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