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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider John Tolentino returns in style; Brown completes golden treble

John Tolentino returns in style; Brown completes golden treble

Published May 4, 2025 10:24 am  |  Updated May 4, 2025 01:20 pm

At A Glance

  • John Cabang Tolentino announced his return from injury in style, bagging the gold in the men's 110-meter hurdles while Robyn Brown ruled the women's 100m hurdles to complete a golden treble in the ICTSI Philippine Athletics Championships at the New Clark City Stadium on Saturday, May 4, here.
CAPAS, Tarlac -- John Cabang Tolentino announced his return from injury in style, bagging the gold in the men’s 110-meter hurdles while Robyn Brown ruled the women’s 100m hurdles to complete a golden treble in the ICTSI Philippine Athletics Championships at the New Clark City Stadium on Saturday, May 4, here.

Coming off a long layoff from a right leg injury that forced him to withdraw from the repechage of the 110m hurdles in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Tolentino was just ecstatic to be finally hurdling again and figured in a neck-and-neck battle against fellow national team member Clinton Bautista.

“Clinton, every time, runs near me but this time he was closer than usual. It was like in the last two hurdles, I was like oh my god he’s there,” said Tolentino who clocked 13.96 seconds to beat Bautista who placed second in 14.16 seconds.

“Clinton is always a challenge. He was very fast in the first five hurdles  but I saw him in the last hurdle so I was a little bit scared but that’s okay. Clinton is a very very big friend (of mine) so I’m happy,” he added.

Meanwhile, still part of her preparations for her title defense in the Asian Athletics Championships, Brown ran and dominated the 100m hurdles race to snag her third gold after also ruling the 400m hurdles and being part of the winning quartet in the 400m mixed relay.

“It’s just been great hurdle work so we're trying to get as many hurdles on as possible in preparation for the next competition,” said Brown.

Brown bolted out of the starting blocks and breezed past the hurdles to time 13.85s to beat foreign counterparts in Arisa Weruwanarak from Thailand and Yee Teng Lie from Malaysia.

Competing more on the 400m hurdles, Brown admitted that running in the shorter distance was more of a challenge for her.

“The 100-meter hurdles are pretty hard to do, it's not an easy event. It's tough because 400 meter hurdles isn't much of a touchdown so it’s been difficult, the touchdowns are hard to come by,” she added.

Over at the other events, Far Eastern University’s Ronel Juntilla came out on top as the National Open’s Ironman after ruling the decathlon with 5356 points. He beat fellow Tamaraws Pacifiico Tolentino and Rolly Royo who settled for the silver and bronze.

SEA Games medalist Janry Ubas was also in the event but he retired after not running in the 1500m event. He was up by 1000 points by that time and only lost due to technicality.

University of the East stalwart Jeralyn Rodriguez bested national team bet Bernalyn Bejoy to snatch the gold in the women's 400m with a time of 55.67s – split seconds ahead of the latter’s 55.98s.

National team member Frederick Ramirez, likewise, finished second behind gold medal winner from Thailand Jirayu Pleenaram. The Thai runner made the run in the last 50 meters to record 47.37s and beat Ramirez’s 47.71.

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