SYDNEY Sy Tancontian needed just less than a month to snare the Southeast Asian Games silver medal in kurash and the Asian champion in sambo.
The 22-year-old Ms. Tancontian made it a reality after ruling the 2022 Asian Sambo Championships held at the Bouddha Sports Center in Jouneih, Lebanon over the weekend.
The Davao City lass turned back an old, familiar foe in Arailyn Abenova of Kazakhstan with a one-sided 5-0 victory to capture the women’s +80-kilogram mint.
It was sweet revenge for Ms. Tancontian after she lost to the same opponent in the round-of-16 of the World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The recent feat came after she copped a silver in Hanoi a month back.
Ms. Tancontian, a five-time World Sambo Championship bronze medal winner, has been competing not just in sambo and kurash but also in judo as well being a varsity of University of Santo Tomas.
Her father, Pilipinas Sambo president Paolo Tancontian, later thanked the Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee for their support. — Joey Villar
