The Philippines has finally ended a 10-year gold medal drought in gymnastics at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) president Cynthia Carrion said yesterday the breakthrough came through the efforts of a homegrown athlete who did the country proud in Singapore.
Reyland Capellan, 21, captured the gold medal in the floor event and added a bronze in the vault at the recently concluded SEA Games. Fil-Am Ava Verdeflor, 19, delivered a silver in the uneven bars and led the women’s team to a bronze. The harvest was a far cry from the single gymnastics bronze that the Philippines took at the 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia, courtesy of John Nathan Monteclaro in the rings. Before Capellan’s feat, the Philippines’ last gold medal in gymnastics came from Roel Ramirez in the vault in 2005. …
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