PHL fencers score silver, bronze in SEA Games

Christian Concepcion (left) defeats Singapore's Choy Yu Yong en route to his SEA Games 2019 silver medal run. Zeke Alonzo

The Philippine fencing team bagged two medals in Tuesday's competitions for the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

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Christian Jesther Concepcion settled for silver in the men's individual sabre event. Vietnam's Vu Thanh An won the gold while Thailand's Srinualnad Voragun and Singapore's Leu Clive Yi Yang got the bronze.

JUST IN: CJ Concepcion gives the Philippines its first silver medal in the #SEAGames2019 Fencing Men’s Individual Sabre final. ????????????#GalingngAtletangPilipino #WeWinAsOne #parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/Fw7nYTpvKl

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) December 3, 2019

Samantha Catantan captured the bronze medal together with Vietnam's Do Thi Anh in the women's foil competition. Singapore bets Amita Berthier and Maxine Wong won gold and silver, respectively.

These are the Philippines' first two medals in the fencing events. —Justin Kenneth Carandang/JST, GMA News