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UAAP 82: UST continues to dominate high school taekwondo

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/10/16/20191016-jins.jpg"/><figcaption>The Junior Tiger Jins swept the tournament for their 13th UAAP championship. Handout</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines—University of Santo Tomas remains the standard in UAAP high school taekwondo, sweeping the Season 82 competition, 5-0, at the Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City Monday.This is the Junior Tiger Jins&#x27; 13th crown in the competition.Most Valuable Player Marco Anthony Rubio paced UST with a sweep in the minus-63 kg category to walk away with gold. Josh Maquiling (minus-48 kg) and Mark Gariega (plus-70 kg) were also winners.Kim Pasion and Aron Bangayan completed UST&#x27;s podium sweep with a silver (minus-70 kg) and a bronze (minus-55 kg), respectively.Far Eastern University-Diliman improved to second this year, but not without dealing UST a 3-2 scare in the eventual champions&#x27; final outing of the day. The Baby Tamaraws overpowered Ateneo in the last match to overtake Nazareth School-National University for second place.Both FEU and NU ended with identical 3-2 win-loss records but the Baby Tams&#x27; win over the Bullpups gave them silver.Timothy Arcabos bagged FEU&#x27;s lone gold (minus-55 kg), while Russel Villanueva added a silver (minus-63 kg).NU got two silvers with Rama Liporada (minus-55 kg) and Djanne Sarria (plus-70 kg) and three bronzes with Marcus Hinojas, Kurt Maverick Barbosa, and Darwin Cea, winning the minus-48, minus-63, and minus-70 kg divisions, respectively.Jemuel Rendora got the other gold for University of the East (minus-70 kg). Other medalists were Kyle Tagsip of UE (minus-48 kg, silver), and La Salle Zobel&#x27;s Ibrahim Omer (plus-70 kg, bronze).For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

The Junior Tiger Jins swept the tournament for their 13th UAAP championship.