Yu ends medal drought for PH swimmers with bronze | Inquirer Sports

Yu ends medal drought for PH swimmers with bronze

By: - Reporter / @MarkGiongcoINQ
/ 08:54 PM August 22, 2017

Roxanne Yu gave the Philippine swimming team its first medal after winning the bronze in the women’s 200 meter backtroke in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games at National Aquatic Centre inside KL Sports City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yu clocked 2:19.98, about seven seconds behind Vietnam’s Thi Anh Vien Nguyen, who bagged the gold with a time of 2:13.64.

Yessy Venesia Yosaputra of Indonesia took home the silver, logging 2:18.19.

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Yu’s podium finish averted a medal drought for PH swimming that drew subpar results from Jessie King Lacuna and Fil-American Nicole Oliva.

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Lacuna finished sixth in both the 400-meter men’s freestyle finals on Monday and in the 200m butterfly.

Oliva also faltered as she wound up in sixth in the 400m women’s freestyle, which was also ruled by Vietnam’s swimming supertar Nguyen.

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TAGS: Jessie King Lacuna, Nicole Oliva, SEA Games, Swimming

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