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Buenavista, Banayag sweep SEAG marathon
Battle-scarred Eduardo Buenavista proved he still has springs left on his legs, scoring a big win in the menâs marathon competition of the 25th Southeast Asian Games Tuesday at the National Sports Complexâs Main Stadium in Laos. Joining Buenavista in the gold medal podium was Jho-An Banayag who ruled the womenâs category in an amazing fashion, underscoring the Filipino trackstersâ impressive performance where they already harvested a total of five gold and three bronze medals so far.
Eduardo Buenavista once again stamps his class in the SEA Games marathon event. GMANews.TV
Banayag covered the distance in two hours, 46 minutes and 34 seconds against Sailomyenâs 2:46:47. Ni Lar San of Myanmar clocked 2:46:54 to finish third in an eight-man event where another Filipina bet, Christabel Martes, wound up fifth with a 3:00:31. Banayag decided to carry the race upon herself when she saw Martes, the country's premiere female marathoner, beginning to show signs of cramps in the early stage of the 42K. âNapuna ko na na nag-cramp na siya (Martes) early in the race, kaya sinabi ko sa sarili ko kailangan ko ng kumilos hindi lang para sa athletics team pero para sa buong Pilipinas," Banayag said. The twin victories hiked the RP athletics teamâs gold medal production to five, counting the mints won by hammer-thrower Arniel Ferrera, javelin thrower Rosie Villarito and steeplechase bet Rene Herrera on Monday. Triple-jumper Joebrt Delicano, and 5,000-meter runners Julius Sermona and Mercedita Manipol-Fetalvero accounted for the tracksters' bronze.â GMANews.TV
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