Gina Iniong Araos, Jean Claude Saclag win gold, kickboxers get four silvers

The Philippine kickboxing team was on a roll on Friday night as it won two gold and four silver medals in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam.

Gina Iniong Araos and Jean Claude Saclag won gold medals for low kick female (-60kg) and low kick male (-63.5 kg), respectively.

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Congratulations Gina Iniong Araos for winning the fourth gold medal for Team Philippines in #SEAGames31!

Araos won against Waraporn Jaiteang of Thailand in the Low Kick Female -60kg Kickboxing Finals!

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— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 13, 2022

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Congratulations to Jean Claude Saclag for making a golden performance in the Low Kick Male -63.5kg Kickboxing Finals in #SEAGames31!

Mabuhay ang #GalingngAtletangPinoysaHanoi! #IAmSportsPositive#parasainangbayan???????? pic.twitter.com/jdQec6Xzvc

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 13, 2022

Renalyn Daquel (full contact female -48 kg), Gretel de Paz (full contact female -56 kg), Zephania Ngaya (full contact female -65 kg), and Claudine Veloso (low kick female -52 kg) claimed silver medals to add to kickboxing's Friday haul.

The kickboxing team also had two bronze medals from Emmanuel Cantores (men's low kick -60 kg) and Honorio Banario (men's low kick - 60 kg).

Meanwhile, kurash athletes Estie Gay Liwanen and Bianca Estrella bagged bronze medals in the women's -57kg and women's 70kg events, respectively.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News