Palaro’s golden boy Amaro tops 50m butterfly in SEA age group swimming tilt
Palaro’s golden boy Amaro tops 50m butterfly in SEA age group swimming tilt
PALARONG Pambansa golden boy and record breaker Albert Jose Amaro II splashed his way to the gold medal in the male 16-18 50-meter butterfly of the 47th Southeast Asian (SEA) Age Group Swimming Championships in Singapore on Thursday.
The 17-year-old Mr. Amaro, who scooped up seven gold medals in the Palaro in Cebu last year, clocked 25.15 seconds in edging Jason Donovan Yusuf of Indonesia and Tedd Windsor Chan of Singapore for the mint.
Mr. Yusuf clocked 25.16 while Mr. Chan 25.23 to settle for the silver and bronze, respectively.
Another Philippine bet, 13-year-old Sophia Rose Garra claimed the silver in the girls’ 13-and-under backstroke in 2:24.33, finishing behind eventual winner Oravee Intaporn-Udom of Thailand, who timed in 2:20.33.
Singaporean Ng Yeok Han copped the bronze in 2:24.68.
It was the second medal for both Mr. Amaro and Ms. Garra, who each had a bronze the day before. — Joey Villar
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