Cold weather, fever fail to stop Mag-aso | Inquirer Sports

Cold weather, fever fail to stop Mag-aso

By: - Reporter / @junavINQ
/ 05:04 AM December 22, 2017

Tehillah Mag-aso braved the chilly weather and fought off the onset of fever to claim a silver medal in the recent Asian Junior Finswimming Competition in Yantai, China.

The 15-year-old, bothered by tonsillitis throughout the trip, placed second after finishing the 1500-meter race in 15 minutes and 41 seconds.

Mag-aso was 35 seconds slower than gold medalist Hu Yu Tieh of Chinese Taipei.

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“We haven’t experienced competing during winter before,” said national team coach Mary Ann Reyes.

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Jelahlou Mendoza added a bronze medal to the Philippine collection by checking in third in the 800m (7:40) behind China’s Li Jiayi (7:07) and Vietnam’s Pham Thi Kim (7:21).

“We controlled Tehillah’s tonsillitis by letting her gargle ginger lemon water and massaging her with eucalyptus oil,” said Reyes.

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