The 29-year-old gold medal ‘drought’ for Filipina swimmers is finally over after Chloe Isleta won the medal in swimming in Southeast Asian Games( SEA) games.
Chloe Isleta topped the women’s 200-meter backstroke event
of the 31st Southeast Asian Games with a time of 2 minutes and 18.60 seconds, Monday at the My Dinh Water Sports Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Isleta is the first Filipina swimmer to win a SEA Games gold since swimming legend Akiko Thompson showed exemplary performance in the 1993 Singapore Games.
