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SEA Games: Philippine dance athletes add to Day 1 gold rush

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/12/01/2019-seag-dancesports1-jc.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Mark Jayson Gayon and Mary Joy Renigen of the Philippines performs the foxtrot in SEA Games dancesport on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>(UPDATE)</strong> The Philippines grooved its way to a 5-gold haul in dancesports, as the hosts continued to rack up one first-place finish after another in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.</p><p>Those titles were courtesy of 6 dances in the standard category.</p><p>Mark Jayson Gayon and Mary Joy Renigen ruled waltz and foxtrot, Sean Mischa Aranar and Ana Leonila Manalo Nualla topped single dance Tango mixed and Viennese waltz.</p><p>Gayon and Renigen yielded the gold in quickstep to Vietnam, while Aranar and Nualla won the five-dance to secure a third gold medal -- the first triple winner in these SEA Games.</p><p>&quot;Lahat ng panalo namin inaalay namin para sa bayan. Sobrang nakaka-overwhelm yung crowd,&quot; Nualla said.</p><p>&quot;Nabawasan kami ng napakalaking pasanin. Pero sobrang saya. Di pa masyadong nagsisink in.&quot;</p><p>In Latin dance, Wilbert Aunzo and Pearl Cañeda became the second pair of dance-athletes to achieve a gold hat-trick, winning in samba, cha-cha and rumba.</p><p>Meanwhile, Michael Angelo Marquez and Stephanie Sabalo finished with a gold (paso doble) and silver (jive).</p><div><strong>Standard, Waltz</strong></div><p>1st. Philippines 29.950 Gayon / Renigen<br/>2nd. Vietnam 28.988<br/>3rd. Singapore 27.975</p><div><strong>Standard, Tango</strong></div><p>1st. Philippines 30.150 Aranar / Nualla<br/>2nd. Vietnam 29.430<br/>3rd. Thailand 28.900</p><div><strong>Standard, Viennese Waltz</strong></div><p>1st. Philippines 30.100 Aranar / Nualla<br/>2nd. Vietnam 29.188<br/>3rd. Singapore 28.400</p><div><strong>Standard, Slow Foxtrot</strong></div><p>1st. Philippines 30.200 Gayon / Renigen<br/>2nd. Singapore 30.146<br/>3rd. Thailand 29.850</p><div><strong>Standard, Quickstep</strong></div><p>1st. Vietnam 30.126<br/>2nd. Philippines 29.400 Gayon / Renigen<br/>3rd. Thailand 29.100</p><div><strong>Standard, Five Dance</strong></div><p>1st. Philippines 151.350 Aranar / Nualla<br/>2nd. Vietnam 142.100<br/>3rd. Thailand 138.250</p><div><strong>Latin Dance, Samba</strong></div><p>1st Philippines 32.450 (Aunzo / Cañeda)<br/>2nd Vietnam 31.950<br/>3rd Thailand 31.800</p><div><strong>Latin Dance, Cha Cha</strong></div><p>1st Philippines 31.650 (Aunzo / Cañeda)<br/>2nd Thailand 30.900<br/>3rd Vietnam 30.100</p><div><strong>Latin Dance, Rumba</strong></div><p>1st Philippines 31.950 (Aunzo / Cañeda)<br/>2nd Thailand 31.350<br/>3rd Vietnam 30.650</p><div><strong>Latin Dance, Paso Doble</strong></div><p>1st Philippines 32.400 (Marquez / Sabalo)<br/>2nd Thailand 32.000<br/>3rd Singapore 31.050</p><div><strong>Latin Dance, Jive</strong></div><p>1st Vietnam 32.713<br/>2nd Philippines 32.650 (Marquez / Sabalo)<br/>3rd Thailand 31.350</p><div><strong>Breaking B-Girls</strong></div><p>1st Indonesia<br/>2nd Philippines</p><div><strong>Breaking B-boys</strong></div><p>1st Malaysia<br/>2nd Vietnam<br/>3rd Singapore</p><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>The Philippines grooved its way to a significant gold haul in dancesports, as the hosts continued to rack up one first-place finish after another in these Games.</p>

The Philippines grooved its way to a significant gold haul in dancesports, as the hosts continued to rack up one first-place finish after another in these Games.

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SEA Games: Philippine dance athletes add to Day 1 gold rush

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 01, 2019 11:33 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 01, 2019 06:29 PM PHT

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