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Palarong Pambansa: Western Visayas wrests second place from Calabarzon

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/04/19/palarong-pambansa-2018-2018-041918.jpg"/><figcaption>Barefoot runner from Bicol Region, Lheslie de Lima, clinches a second gold medal at the Palarong Pambansa in Ilocos Sur, while Alexie Caimoso of Western Visayas shattered the high-jump Palaro record en route to another gold medal. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>BANTAY, Ilocos Sur—The National Capital Region banked on medal-rich swimming and gymnastics to strengthen its position on top of the 2018 Palarong Pambansa Thursday, while Western Visayas climbed to second place after big wins in wushu and athletics. Western Visayas&#x27; Alexie Caimoso defended her high-jump title in secondary girls after a record-breaking attempt of 1.68 meters, smashing the old Palaro record set in 2016 (1.66 meters). &quot;I was expecting to win the gold but I wasn&#x27;t expecting that I could jump 1.68 meters,&quot; Caimoso said. &quot;It was really hard because I have to manage my studies, athletics and modelling.&quot;Last year&#x27;s hosts also made their presence felt in wushu, harvesting 2 gold medals each in boys and girls secondary competition. As of 8:38 p.m., Team Western Visayas accumulated a total of 34 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals.Meanwhile, the NCR added 5 more golds in swimming. Leading the Big City in the pool was Arbeen Miguel Thruelen, who finished elementary boys 100-meter butterfly in record fashion (1:02.39). Michaela Jasmine Mojdeh also set a new Palaro record in the elementary girls division of the same event, registering 1:06.10. More records fell on Thursday, as Calabarzon&#x27;s Eliza Cuyom shattered a 22-year-old Palaro record in 110-meter hurdles for secondary girls, clocking in 14.50. Century dash queen Jessel Lumapas of Cavite clinched her second gold in Palaro with a record-breaking 400-meter run in secondary girls. She is aiming to go 5-for-5 in this year&#x27;s Palaro. Western Visayas and Southern Tagalog both dominated the badminton tournament with the former sweeping the team ties in elementary while the latter captured all the gold in the secondary team ties. Jared Cole Sua shone for the host region after pocketing 3 gold medals in archery secondary boys. Sua ruled the single fita, 60 meters and 70 meters categories.Western Visayas also stood tall in billiards, sweeping the 8-ball categories in the secondary division. The barefoot runner of Bicol Region, Lheslie de Lima, secured her second gold after she reigned supreme in the 1,500-meter secondary girls. &quot;Masaya ako dahil pangalawa na ito,&quot; ani de Lima. &quot;Masakit na mga paa ko nung patapos na pero itinuloy ko.&quot;NCR now has a gold-silver-bronze tally of 47-40-21. Sitting in third spot is Calabarzon (24-29-44), followed by SOCCSKSARGEN (17-15-21) and Central Visayas (14-10-17).(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)

The Big City banked on medal-rich swimming and gymnastics to strengthen its position atop the medal tally.

The Big City banked on medal-rich swimming and gymnastics to strengthen its position atop the medal tally.

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Palarong Pambansa: Western Visayas wrests second place from Calabarzon

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 19, 2018 10:16 PM PHT

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