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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Women's swimming relay team scoops second PH gold

Women's swimming relay team scoops second PH gold

Published Dec 10, 2025 09:08 pm

At A Glance

  • BANGKOK – The quartet of Xiandi Chua, Kayla Sanchez, Chloe Isleta and Heather White scooped Team Philippines' second gold medal after ruling the women's 4x100-meter relay freestyle at the SAT Swimming Pool on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
BANGKOK – The quartet of Xiandi Chua, Kayla Sanchez, Chloe Isleta and Heather White scooped Team Philippines’ second gold medal after ruling the women’s 4x100-meter relay freestyle at the SAT Swimming Pool on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The Filipinas started out strong and didn’t show signs of slowing down on their way to also claiming the country’s first-ever gold medal in the 4x100m relay in history.
The PH tankers clocked 3:44.26, almost two seconds clear of silver medalist and swimming powerhouse Singapore which recorded 3:46.53.
Vietnam bagged the bronze with a 3:47.47 time.
“Very happy. I feel like we all worked together as a team. We fought to the finish and we are happy with the result,” said Isleta as the PH tankers avoided a gold-less opening day since they were the last to race.
Earlier, Gian Christopher Santos nabbed the first medal for the swimming team after a silver finish in the 200-meter individual medley. He timed 2:03.88, a few ticks behind Hung Nguyen Tan of Vietnam at 2:02.11.
Refusing to be outdone, the Philippine taekwondo team added more medals to PH’s haul following a silver in the men’s recognized poomsae, and two bronzes in the mixed pair recognized poomsae and men’s team freestyle poomsae.
The team event in the freestyle poomsae allowed Justin Kobe Macario to bag his second medal of the day following his breakthrough gold in the individual event.
Also delivering a bronze medal were Godwin Langbayan in the jiujitsu fighting 62-kilogram class, the Makruk team men triple blitz in chess, and the men’s and women’s squad in hockey5s.
Meanwhile, Filipina Olympian gymnast Aleah Finnegan put the PH gymnastic team in the position to win its first medal.
That, after she qualified for the finals of all three apparatus she selected at the Women's Artistic Gymnastics at the Thammasat University Rangsit Campus.
Finnegan topped the vault qualification with 13.450 points and did the same in the balance beam with 12.750, while placing second in floor exercise with 12.650.
Justine Ace De Leon did the same in the men’s team after being qualified for two finals after placing second in floor exercise qualification with 13.333 and fifth in rings with 12.333.
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