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SEA Games: PH swimming victorious at last, as James Deiparine wins gold

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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/12/04/20191204-james-deiparine-md.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>James Deiparine wins gold in SEA Games 100m breaststroke swimming in Capas, Tarlac on December 4, 2019. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>NEW CLARK CITY—The drought is over for the Philippines in Southeast Asian Games swimming.James Deiparine ruled the men&#x27;s 100-meter breaststroke at the Aquatics Center here in Capas town, Tarlac, to capture country&#x27;s first gold medal in the pool since 2009.Deiparine clocked 1 minute and 1.46 seconds to erase the 10-year SEA Games record set by Vietnam&#x27;s Nguyen Huu Viet (1:01.60). &quot;I really wanted to get the gold after 2 silvers in the last SEA Games. This was the ultimate goal and doing it at home, here in the Philippines,&quot; Deiparine said. &quot;I&#x27;m just trying to give my best for the Philippines and just to bring home the gold.&quot; He ranked second in the preliminaries in the morning after registering 1:02.70.Thanh Bao Pham (1:01.92) of Vietnam settled for silver while Chien Yin Lionel Khoo of Singapore took the bronze. In women&#x27;s 200 butterfly, Remedy Rule lost by two-hundredths of a second to Jing Wen Quah of Singapore to claim silver. &quot;I saw she&#x27;s a little bit ahead. I just gave it my all in the last 50 meters. That&#x27;s all I can do. Jing was a great racer,&quot; Rule said.Quah clocked 2:10.97 to get the gold by a whisker. The two swimmers both eclipsed the old SEA Games record set in 2015. &quot;It feels great,&quot; Rule said. &quot;The Philippines is giving me so much when I represent them. I met amazing people and I&#x27;m glad I gave back by winning silver.&quot;Two-time Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi capped the Day 1 campaign of the Philippines with a bronze in the women&#x27;s 100 freestyle (55.76) behind the new record holder Ting Wen Quah (54.74) and Cherlyn Yeoh (55.55) of Singapore. &quot;I was really surprised kasi &#x27;yung competition is sobrang tough. I was really nervous, because this is my favorite event. I was shocked because I got a best time and got third place,&quot; Alkhaldi said. For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

James Deiparine won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke in the Southeast Asian Games at New Clark City on Wednesday.

James Deiparine won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke in the Southeast Asian Games at New Clark City on Wednesday.

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SEA Games: PH swimming victorious at last, as James Deiparine wins gold

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 04, 2019 06:24 PM PHT

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Updated December 04, 2019 10:42 PM PHT

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