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SEA Games: Judokas added 3 more bronzes to PH's haul

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<p>Filipino judokas added three bronze medals to their collection in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games Monday at the Chroy Changvar Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.</p><p>John Viron Ferrer (men&#x27;s -90kg) and the Lopez sisters, Ma. Jeanalane (women&#x27;s -44kg) and Leah Jhane (women&#x27;s -48kg) delivered the podium finishes in Hall C to complement the one-gold, one-silver, one-bronze initial harvest of their teammates on opening day.</p><p>Ferrer bounced back from his semifinal loss to Thailand&#x27;s Wei Puyang with a victory over Malaysia&#x27;s Afiq Zapri via uchimata to secure his bronze medal.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=623084743188073&amp;set=a.221845546645330" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The Lopez sisters, for their part, scored identical wins via hansoku make over Thai Pimngam Ngamluan and Cambodian Kun Srenach, respectively, in their bronze medal matches.</p><p>However, Keisi Nakano, a silver medalist last year in Vietnam, failed to crack the podium this time as he lost to Malaysia&#x27;s Amir Majeed in the battle for bronze in the men&#x27;s under 73kg via choker.</p><p>The trio of bronzes came a day after Rena Furukawa repeated as women&#x27;s -57kg crown while Shugen Nakano settled for a silver in men&#x27;s -66kg and Daryl Mercado snared a bronze in men&#x27;s -55kg.</p><p>The Filipinos seek more medals Tuesday when they vie in the mixed team event.</p><div><br/><strong>For more stories on the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, click <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/seagames2023" target="_blank">here</a>. </strong></div>

Filipino judokas added three bronze medals to their collection in the 32nd SEA Games Monday at the Chroy Changvar Convention Center in Phnom Penh.