The Philippines maintained its lead in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) on its third official day, harvesting nine golds and making the tally at 47 gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Vietnam comes in at second with 23 gold medals while Malaysia ranks third.
Agatha Wong bagged her second gold in the taolu taijijian event with a score of 9.65 yesterday.
Olympian Carlos Yulo also bagged another gold in the men’s gymnastics-artistic floor exercise event.
Filipino kickboxers also won several gold medals and Arnis players captured two more golds.
Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz also bagged her first SEA Games golds.
“Talagang ramdam na ramdam ko ‘yong suporta,” Diaz said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.
Filipinos also dominated the triathlon races including the mixed relay category.
Pencak silat players also won the gold for the country and even in duathlon.
The dance sport team also bagged 13 medals, the Speak Takraw for women also won.
John Chicano won the first gold medal for the country for triathlon and female player Kim Mangrobang also clinched the gold.
