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PH wins 2 golds in SEA Games triathlon

Camille Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – (UPDATED) The Philippines won its second and third gold medals in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games on Monday morning after Nikko Huelgas and Kim Mangrobang won in the men’s and women’s triathlon, respectively, at the Water Sports Complex in Putrajaya.</p><p>Huelgas&#x27; compatriot, John Chicano, won the silver, giving the Philippines a 1-2 finish in men&#x27;s triathlon.</p><p>Huelgas defended his triathlon title with a time of 1:59.30. He won the same event in Singapore in 2015.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nikko Bryan Huelgas going into the finish! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEAGames2017?src=hash">#SEAGames2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/7BBUtrJurp">pic.twitter.com/7BBUtrJurp</a></p>— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/DYANCASTILLEJO/status/899443019429986304">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Huelgas wins 2nd gold</p>— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/DYANCASTILLEJO/status/899443450554195968">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>A similar 1-2 finish for the Philippines was recorded in the women’s triathlon with 2015 gold medal winner Claire Adorna settling for silver this year. Mangrobang was the silver medal winner in 2015.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kim Mangrobang earning Gold for Women&#x27;s triathlon! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEAGames2017?src=hash">#SEAGames2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/c0mBIW7sOx">pic.twitter.com/c0mBIW7sOx</a></p>— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/DYANCASTILLEJO/status/899458916790059008">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Claire Adorna coming in to the finish line with a big smile and a silver! Congrats PH for another 1-2! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEAGames2017?src=hash">#SEAGames2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/E8GPy6y0CA">pic.twitter.com/E8GPy6y0CA</a></p>— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/DYANCASTILLEJO/status/899459953261371392">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>The first gold medal for the country was earned by Mary Joy Tabal, who triumphed in women&#x27;s marathon last August 19.</p>

<p>The Philippines won its second and third gold medals in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games on Monday morning after Nikko Huelgas and Kim Mangrobang won in the men’s and women’s triathlon, respectively, at the Water Sports Complex in Putrajaya.</p>

The Philippines won its second and third gold medals in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games on Monday morning after Nikko Huelgas and Kim Mangrobang won in the men’s and women’s triathlon, respectively, at the Water Sports Complex in Putrajaya.

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PH wins 2 golds in SEA Games triathlon

Camille Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 21, 2017 10:38 AM PHT

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Updated August 21, 2017 11:11 AM PHT

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