PH-Smart Jins Clinch Five Golds
November 11, 2012
Manila Bulletin
The Philippine/SMART taekwondo team boosted its preparation for the Southeast
Asian Games by bagging five gold, seven silver and 14 bronze medals in kyorugi
(sparring) and poomsae (forms) events of the recent Korea Open international
championships in Gyeongju, Korea.
The PH/SMART jins won gold in the junior sparring competition through Aaron James Galita, Keno Anthony Mendoza, Francios Aaron Agojo, Patricia Francesca Gonzalez and Inna Izabella Dionisio.
John Paul Lizardo led the silver medalists in sparring, nosing out an American in the quarters and knocking out the Korean Asian champion in the semis before falling to a Russian in the finals.
The other sparring semifinalists in the tourney which was participated by more than 1,000 athletes were Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison, Gershon Bautista and Kristhoper Robert Uy.
Korina Paladin produced the other PH silver medal in junior women’s sparring, while Ernesto Guzman Jr. and Mikeala Calamba pocketed a silver medal each in poomsae.
The bronze medal winners in sparring were Christian Aldela Cruz in senior men, Ma. Isabela Erika Mora and Mary Anjelay Pelaez in senior women, King Philip Pineda. Mathew Michael Padilla and Benjamin Keith Sembrano in junior men, Bianca Go, Melanie Hope Douglas, Cleio Marie Banez, Nicole Abigail Cham and Suzanne Glehn Caslangen.
The bronze medalists in poomsae were Rinna Babanto, the men’s team of Jean Pierre Sabido, Galilee Tinaya and Vidal Marvin Gabriel and the women’s team of Rani Ann Ortega, Ma. Carla Janice Lagman and Beatrice Ann Ventura.
The PH/SMART jins won gold in the junior sparring competition through Aaron James Galita, Keno Anthony Mendoza, Francios Aaron Agojo, Patricia Francesca Gonzalez and Inna Izabella Dionisio.
John Paul Lizardo led the silver medalists in sparring, nosing out an American in the quarters and knocking out the Korean Asian champion in the semis before falling to a Russian in the finals.
The other sparring semifinalists in the tourney which was participated by more than 1,000 athletes were Samuel Thomas Harper Morrison, Gershon Bautista and Kristhoper Robert Uy.
Korina Paladin produced the other PH silver medal in junior women’s sparring, while Ernesto Guzman Jr. and Mikeala Calamba pocketed a silver medal each in poomsae.
The bronze medal winners in sparring were Christian Aldela Cruz in senior men, Ma. Isabela Erika Mora and Mary Anjelay Pelaez in senior women, King Philip Pineda. Mathew Michael Padilla and Benjamin Keith Sembrano in junior men, Bianca Go, Melanie Hope Douglas, Cleio Marie Banez, Nicole Abigail Cham and Suzanne Glehn Caslangen.
The bronze medalists in poomsae were Rinna Babanto, the men’s team of Jean Pierre Sabido, Galilee Tinaya and Vidal Marvin Gabriel and the women’s team of Rani Ann Ortega, Ma. Carla Janice Lagman and Beatrice Ann Ventura.
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