Raph Trinidad enters cable wakeboard finals in World Games

The Philippines' Raph Trinidad advanced to the men's cable wakeboard finals of the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.

Trinidad scored 70.80 in the semifinals to finish third in his group, far from the 80.20 points he made in the qualifying round on Friday.

The Filipino wakeboarder will be joined by France's Loic Deschaux of France (89.80), Germany's Max Milde (86.60) and Florian Weiherer (77.20), American Isaac Claudio (75.00) and Oliver Orban of Hungary (73.00) in the finals on Sunday at 10.45 a.m.

Muay Thai's Rudzma Abubakar, meanwhile, was relegated to the battle for bronze after falling short against China's Xiaohui Liu as the referee stopped the contest at the second round following her foe’s barrage of elbows at the women's -48kg semis. The battle for third will be held on Sunday at 6 p.m.

Eric Ordoñez, the country's bet in wake surfing, placed fifth in the semifinals with a score of 40.00. Only the top three finishers in each of the two groups advanced to the model round.

Earlier, Wushu's Jones Inso scored 19.112 to finish seventh in combined taijiquan and taijijian, while Agatha Wong scored 18.866 in total at the women’s wushu - taolu event to finish seventh as well.

The Dragon Boat team, meanwhile, fell short in its campaigns in the 8-seater 200-meter and 500-meter events, and the 10-seater 200-meter and 500-meter categories.

The team will have a chance, however, to redeem themselves at the 10-seater 2000-meter finals on Sunday morning.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News