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SEA Games: Arnisadors push PH's gold medal haul to 50

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Dexler Bolambao and Maria Ella Alcoseba won the Philippinens" and="" gold="" medals="" of="" the="" SEA="" Games.="" Rhea="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/05/15/20230515-sea-games-arnisadors.jpg"/><figcaption>Dexler Bolambao and Maria Ella Alcoseba won the Philippinens&#x27; 49th and 50th gold medals of the 32nd SEA Games. Rhea Soco-Neis, ABS-CBN News.</figcaption></figure></div>(UPDATED) Dexler Bolambao and Maria Ella Alcoseba ruled their respective divisions in arnis to hike the Philippines&#x27; gold medal tally to 50 in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Monday.Alcoseba routed Myanmar&#x27;s Moe Moe Aye in the final of the women&#x27;s full contact livestick -- bantamweight, 3-0, on Monday afternoon at Hall A of the Chroy Changvar Convention Center in Phnom Penh.She had booked a 3-0 win over Vietnam&#x27;s Thi Yen Linh Nguyen in the semifinals.Meanwhile, Bolambao crushed home bet Ty Prakponlue, 3-0, in the finals of the men&#x27;s full contact livestick -- bantamweight, also on Monday. In the semis, he cruised past Vietnam&#x27;s Van Phuong Pham, 3-0.Jude Rodriguez settled for silver in the lightweight class of women&#x27;s full contact livestick after a 0-3 loss to Vietnam&#x27;s Thi Thanh Binh Vu.Out of the 12 gold at stake in arnis, Filipino arnisadors have now collared four with Charlotte Ann Tolentino and Jedah Mae Soriano accounting for the other two.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/23/ph-athletes-claim-more-gold-medals-in-arnis-wrestling">SEA Games: PH athletes claim more gold medals in arnis, wrestling</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/23/seag-at-least-6-golds-expected-from-filipino-arnisadors">SEA Games: At least 6 golds expected from Filipino arnisadors</a></li></ul>Tolentino trounced Moe Moe Aye, 2-0, in the finals of the women’s full contact padded stick bantamweight class while Soriano topped the lightweight division of the same discipline with a 2-0 triumph over Cambodia’s Suon Heangsela.The discipline of Anyo (forms) begins Tuesday with four golds at stake in the men’s and women’s individual and team events. For more stories on the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, click <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/seagames2023">here</a>.

Dexler Bolambao and Maria Ella Alcoseba ruled their respective divisions in arnis to hike the Philippines' gold medal tally to 50 in the 32nd SEA Games.