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SEA Games: Casares bags triathlon gold as Mangrobang settles for silver

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Gold medalist Fernando Casares and bronze medalist Andrew Remolino after the men" s="" individual="" triathlon="" in="" the="" Southeast="" Asian="" Games.="" POC="" PSC="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/05/08/casares.jpg"/><figcaption>Gold medalist Fernando Casares and bronze medalist Andrew Remolino after the men&#x27;s individual triathlon in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. POC/PSC Media.</figcaption></figure></div>Fernando Casares powered to the finish line to rule the men&#x27;s individual triathlon in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, Monday morning at the Kep Town Beach in Cambodia.The Filipino-Spanish athlete finished with a time of 58:32, just ahead of Indonesia&#x27;s Rashif Amila Yaqin who crossed the finish line at 58:45.Andrew Remolino scored the bronze, clocking in at 59:53.It was the Philippines&#x27; 15th gold of the SEA Games and first of the day.However, Kim Mangrobang&#x27;s reign as Southeast Asia&#x27;s triathlon queen ended as she settled for second place.Margot Garabedian, a naturalized Cambodian, claimed the gold with a time of 1:05:31. Mangrobang was a little under two minutes behind, at 1:07:21.Mangrobang had won gold in the previous three editions of the SEA Games and also ruled the duathlon the day before.But she was dethroned by the France-born Garabedian, who secured Cambodia&#x27;s third gold medal of the day. Singapore&#x27;s Louisa Middleditch (1:07:28) completed the podium, as the Philippines&#x27; Raven Alcoseba (1:08:46) came in fourth. <div>For more stories on the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, click <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/seagames2023">here</a>.</div>

Fernando Casares powered to the finish line to rule the men's individual triathlon in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, Monday morning.