2 Filipino tracksters bag HK competition golds

Decathlete Manuel Lasangue Jr. and pole vaulter Riezel Buenaventura ruled their respective events in the 2011 Hong Kong Inter-City Athletic Championships held recently at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.

Lasangue, 22, compiled a 10-event total of 6,121 points to prevail over Hong Kong’s Ng Chit-wing (5,467) and Liu Tin-wai (5,392) in the meet.

The 25-year-old Buenaventura cleared 3.75 meters to seize the gold over China’s Li Xiaomin (3.50) and Chen Ying-ting (3.10) in women’s pole vault.

Lasangue, who hails from Iloilo City, and FEU’s Buenaventura are part of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association’s developmental pool.