Pinoy jins take silver medal finishes in SEA Games taekwondo event

Three Filipino taekwondo jins gave the Philippines three silver medals at the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Dave Cea delivered a runner-up finish after a 34-14 loss to Mithona Va of Cambodia in the gold medal match of the men's kyorugi under 74kg at the Tay Ho Gymnasium. Cea ruled the same event during the 2019 SEA Games where he defeated his Thai foe.

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Congratulations to our national jin Dave Cea for taking home the silver medal in the Taekwondo – Kyorugi Male -74kg class of #SEAGames31.

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— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 18, 2022

Meanwhile, Baby Jessica Canabal also absorbed a loss in her finals bout against Thi Anh Tuyet Tran of host Vietnam, 16-23, to settle for silver in the women's under 53kg. The silver plum is an improvement of Canabal's bronze finish in the last edition.

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Congratulations to Baby Jessica Canabal for snatching the silver medal in the Women's Kyorugi -54kg category of Taekwondo in #SEAGames31.

Mabuhay ang #GalingngAtletangPinoysaHanoi! ????????#IAmSportsPositive#parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/56GPh7T866

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 18, 2022

Lastly, Kirstie Alora matched her 2019 SEA Games output as she bowed to Thi Huong Nguyen in the women's under 73kg, 8-10, to bag the silver.

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Congratulations to our Olympian Kirstie Alora for clinching the silver medal in the Taekwondo – Women's Kyorugi -73kg event at #SEAGames31.

Mabuhay ang #GalingngAtletangPinoysaHanoi! ????????#IAmSportsPositive#parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/ht1eSVoHdq

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 18, 2022

—JMB, GMA News