The Philippine Olympic Committee will look into what went wrong for the country in the recent 26th Indonesia Southeast Asian Games when it gathers all participating national sports association for an assessment session Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian Games was to close Tuesday with sporting success for Indonesia overshadowed by a stampede at the headline football final which left at least two people dead and a young boy in a coma.
There were several close shaves and moments of glory, and Philippine sports leaders can argue all they want that some silver medals should have been golds had it gotten a break here or there.
It’s clear as day in any language. The road to the dream finish of Team Philippines had all the while been closed—a fact that was reconfirmed after the 26th edition of the Southeast Asian Games got off last week to a festive start in this colorful, rising metropolis.
After Tuesday’s rush of golds, the Philippines copped only one gold medal in day six of the 26th Southeast Asian games courtesy of rowing.
Taekwondo jins John Paul Lizardo and Kristie Elaine Alora pulled through to spark a six-gold haul for the Philippines Tuesday in the 26th Southeast Asian Games.
The Philippine athletics team, highly-expected to deliver gold medals, instead settled for second and third place finishes in the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.
After just one day in this traffic-heavy Indonesian capital, one of two acting Philippine chiefs of mission to the 26th Southeast Asian Games has already described the 26th edition here as the “most chaotic” he has ever seen.
Under enormous second-half pressure, the Philippine Azkals crumbled and fell, 1-3, to Vietnam Wednesday night in a disappointing start to the country’s campaign at the 26th Southeast Asian Games here. After forging ahead with a late first-half goal from Manny Ott, the Azkals spent the better part of the second half defending and would have been dealt a ghastlier rout had it not been for the brilliant work of goalkeeper Roland Muller.
