PALEMBANG, Sumatra — The Philippines men’s archery compound team, first double gold winner Iris Ranola and judo Nancy Quillotes on Thursday sent a reverberating message to compatriots yet to compete what the country needs to invigorate a gasping campaign in the 26th Southeast Asian Games.
Individual event silver medal winner Earl Yap, Rosendo Sombrio, Jose Ferdinand Adriano,and youthful Delfin Anthony Adriano withstood the home ground edge of Indonesia in booking the first archery gold and second for the day that awaits the results of judo, and the preliminaries of wushu, two sports fancied to boost RP in its bid to get past Malaysia for fifth spot.
Ranola’s 7-2 triumph in 9-ball singles should be bittersweet as she had to accomplish it at the expense of fellow Filipina and silver medal winner Rubilen Amit, who had been struggling with her form in two events of women’s billiards.
“Masayang masaya po ako,” Ranola said of her feelings after the win that was nearly denied by a recent incident of dehydration that caused her to nearly collapse in her hotel room.
Adding the gold from Dennis Orcollo in men’s 8-ball, it was gold number three for billiards, which is running second to taekwondo in most number of gold medals contributed to the RP cause that is now running sixth behind leader Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.
Extending her rule after the 2009 Laos Games, Quillotes was her usual self in the final of the 45kg division, marking a strong start for the Filipinos.
Silver medals came from Jul Omar Abdulhakim in the class B 50-55 kgs weight class of the demanding combat sport of pencak silat and the rowing tandem of veterans Benjie Tolentino and 40-year-old Jose Rodriguez in the M2X class.
Of the six medals in men and women golf, the Filipinos only claimed one — a bronze — courtesy of slow starting Dotie Ardina in the individual event that saw in the men’s side the fall of two-day co-leader Ruperto Zaragosa after he suffered from stomach trouble early in the final round.
Both the men and women teams fared only fourth.
Cyclist Mark Galedo picked up a bronze in the massed start event while the women’s squad of Michelle Bruzola, Harlene Orendain, Cristine Almas and Maria del Carmen Galves matched this in the epee event of fencing.
Wrestling likewise contributed two bronze medals delivered by freestyle entries Jimmy Angana (66kg) and Jason Balabal, who won gold in Greco roman (84kgs).
The baseball team blanked Indonesia, 4-0, to complete a four-game sweep of the qualifying round and formalize its entry in the Sunday final game where the RP clouters again face the hosts sure of at least silver and favored for gold.
The men\'s and women\'s softball teams used a welcome day-off to prepare for Saturday\'s finals against Indonesian opponents enjoying the same luxuries as the RP baseball squad.
Djanggo Bustamante won, 9-3, over Ooi Fook Yuen of Malaysia in nine 9-ball pre-quarters.
Jundel Mazon gave additional hope from the felt tables by beating Ahmad Taufiq Murni of Brunei, 9-4, and advancing to the men\'s 9-ball quarterfinals. He next meets the hosts\' Irsal Nasution in Friday\'s quarters.
In snooker singles, Rodolfo Lordan and Alvin Barbero made early exits. Lordan lost to Singapore\'s Lim Chun Kiat, 4-0, and Barbero bowed to Vietnam\'s Phan Hoan, 4-3.
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