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NCR tanker David resets Palaro record, dreams of reaching Olympics one day

Published Aug 1, 2023 09:48 am
At 12 years old, Krystal Ava David knew full well that her dream of reaching the Olympics is far in the horizon. But that doesn’t entirely mean that she has no chance. 

*Krystal Ava David wins his first Palarong Pambansa in record-breaking fashion (Reynald Magallon)

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Definitely not, after making a huge splash in her very first Palarong Pambansa, winning the gold medal for the National Capital Region in the elementary girls 100-meter breaststroke in a record-breaking fashion on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The student from Colegio San Agustin Makati posted a personal best of 1:17.98 to break the Palaro record of 1.19.4 set by Raine Gavino in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental in 2013. Azula Elise Villanueva from Central Luzon copped the silver with a time of 1:24.79 while Cathlene Hengania from Northern Mindanao bagged the bronze after recording 1:25.48. “It means a lot since it’s my first Palaro and I’ve been dreaming of going to the Palaro since first grade, so it really means a lot to me,” said David who also dreams of following the footsteps of national team swimmers like Jasmine Alkhaldi and Jasmine Mojdeh. “I’ve been dreaming also of reaching the Olympics. It’s still far but if I work hard enough maybe I could be there like when I’m 20 years old. I want to compete internationally but not really for the medals I want to compete for the experience to know how it feels like," she added. David targets four more medals in Palaro as she also competes in two events in freestyle and two in individual medley. "I'm not that confident pero I believe if I work hard enough, I think I can replicate the performance," said David Aside from David, Quendy Fernandez from MIMAROPA also broke the record in the secondary girls 100m backstroke. She clocked 1:06.35, just .23 seconds faster than the previous record of 1:06.58 held by Samantha Coronel since the 2018 edition in Vigan. Mishka Sy from NCR finished with a silver after posting 1:07.11 while Catherine Cruz from Central Luzon timed 1:08.14. And it was not only David and Fernandez who made a case of becoming one of the country’s prized swimmers in the future. Angela Talosig, Grade 11 student from Southern Christian College in Midsayap, North Cotabato, and Peter Cyrus Dean from Manuel S. Enverga University in Lucena City proved to be some of the promising swimmers emerging from Palaro. Already qualified for the SEA age-group swimming championship in Jakarta, Indonesia next month, the two warmed up with their own gold medals in their respective events. Talosig ruled the secondary girls 400m freestyle with a time of 4:38.98, beating her NCR counterparts Athena Chang (4:46.93) and Iliazel Doliente (4:50.20) who won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. “Nag-aral po ako ng swimming una po parang as a survival skill pero ngayon wish ko po maging professional and national team,” Talosig also declared. Dean, on the other hand, clocked 1.00.69 to top the secondary boys 100m backstroke. He defeated Jennuel De Leon of Region 6 (1:00.85) and Lance Rafael Cruz of NCR (1.01.17).
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