THE Philippines averted a gold medal-less day yesterday after decathlete Aries Toledo and sprinter Anthony Beram produced top hardware last night in the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PHL ups gold tally to 10 after late wins in track and field
Anthony Beram of the Philippines took home the gold in the men’s 200m final to take the country’s gold tally to 10 medals as of 10 p.m. last night. — KUALA LUMPUR 2017 TWITTER ACCOUNT

Messrs. Toledo and Beram came to the rescue of Team Philippines in averting a gold medal drought by ruling the men’s decathlon and men’s 200 meter dash.

Nueva Ecija native Toledo, 23, outclassed his rivals by collecting 6849 total points, punctuated by a solid run in the final event of 1500m where he finished way ahead of the competition, to win the gold.

Coming in second was Suttisak Singkon of Thailand with total points of 6678 while Vietnam’s Biu Van Su won the bronze with 6207 points.

Mr. Toledo’s efforts were seconded by sprinter Beram, winning the gold in the men’s 200m final with a time of 20.84 seconds.

Behind Mr. Beram were Jirapong Meenapra (21.22) of Thailand and Thevarr Gunasegaran (21.26) of Malaysia, who took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

The latest gold medals from track & field were in addition to the one won by Filipino-American sprinter Eric Cray in the men’s 100m final on Tuesday night. — Michael Angelo S. Murillo

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