Philippines all-time 3rd overall
JAKARTA—Team Philippines is in third place behind Indonesia and Thailand according to an all-time medal count released by the organizing Indonesian Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Inasoc) Friday.
The Filipinos trail the Thais by 600 gold medals while holding a 57-gold advantage over fourth-running Malaysia.
The bulk of the Filipinos’ overall harvest of 2,846 medals are bronzes—1,121. The silvers add up to 923, while the golds number 802.
Article continues after this advertisementIndonesia has a running total of 1,422 gold, 1,262 silver and 1,251 bronze medals.
Thailand has a gold-silver-bronze tally of 1,402-1,208-1,193.
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Though organizers have told canoe/kayak delegations that they are scrapping the heats altogether and moving entries straight into the finals because of Lake Cipule’s ability to accommodate so many lanes, according to a Channel News Asia report Thursday.
Construction of the canoe/kayak site in Lake Cipule started just three months ago “even if the venue was selected for the games more than a year ago.”
The report also said there was corruption in the construction of the official athletes’ village in Palembang, South Sumatra.
