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MANILA, Philippines – Roxanne Yu is the first to bring home a medal for the Philippine swimming team from the 29th Southeast Asian Games Swimming tournament.
After a disappointing 8th place finish in the women’s 100m backstroke (1:06.10) on Monday, Yu was able to defend her 2015 SEA Games podium finish in the 200m backstroke, nabbing the bronze medal once again on Tuesday, August 22.
Yu clocked 2:19.91 and finished second to the top seed Thi Anh Vie Nguyen in the preliminaries. In the finals event, she finished third with a time of 2:19.98 behind Indonesia’s Yessy Venesia Yosaputra (2:18.19) and Nguyen, who was able to set a new SEA Games record in the Women’s 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:13.64.
The women’s 200m backstroke will be the final event that Yu, who earned 3 bronzes in 2015, will see action in this year’s SEA Games.
Olympian Jessie Lacuna was able to improve his time to 2:01.73 in the Men’s 200m Butterfly finals from his preliminaries time, 2:04.38. However, he placed sixth in the overall rankings.
Nicole Oliva raced to second seed in the preliminaries with a time of 4:20.32 in the Women’s 400m Freestyle, but her finals time rose to 4:22.35, landing her in sixth overall as well. – Rappler.com
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