Unlike its fate on Wednesday, the Philippines pinned down a gold medal early on Thursday in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
The Filipinos struck gold in the men’s fours event of the lawn bowls tournament in Kuala Lumpur for the country’s 11th medal so far.
The PH athletics team had a late gold-medal spurt Wednesday to save the Philippines’ campaign from a goldless day.
The team composed of Emmanuel Portacio, Curte Robert Guarin, Leoncio Carreon Jr., and Ronald Lising bested host Malaysia 16-14 in the championship round.
Thailand, meanwhile, took home the bronze in the men’s fours.
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