Philippine Sports Commission chairman John Patrick Gregorio has congratulated the national athletes who won 30 medals in the recent Singapore Youth Archery Championships at the Bukit Gombak Stadium.
Gregorio, together with Commissioner Edward Hayco, welcomed the 21 athletes, accompanied by five coaches and five officials, presented their medals (13 golds, 10 silvers and seven bronzes) during a courtesy call last Wednesday.
The national archery team has two foreign coaches: Ryu Su Jeng, who steered South Korea to five gold medals in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, and Hong Sung Chil, a gold medalist in the 1999 World Championships.
“This is the resurgence of Philippine archery,” Gregorio said in a news release Thursday.
He described the performance in Singapore as a “perfect bullseye”.
China, Hong Kong, Chinese-Taipei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Laos and host Singapore were the other countries that joined the three-day tournament for athletes 18 years old and below.
“It’s time to bring back the glory days of Philippine archery. This is for the country,” Bing Reaport, World Archery Philippines head, said.
Bagging gold medals on the final day of the competition were Mariano Matteo Medina (men’s U15 recurve), General Marc Bangoy (men’s U18 recurve), Leila Jell Cano (women’s U18 recurve), Mateusz Vaughn Johnson (men’s U18 compound and Abigail Lim (women’s U21 compound). Chass Mhavien Colas (men’s U18 recurve and Zac Zayco (men’s U18 compound) won silver medals. (PNA)
