SEA Games 2023: Jason Balabal whips home bet for gold in Greco Roman wrestling

Southeast Asian Video games – Wrestling – Chroy Changvar Conference Centre Corridor E, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Could 14, 2023 Males’s greco-roman 82kg gold medalist Philippines’ Jason Balabal celebrates throughout the medal ceremony REUTERS/Cindy Liu

PHNOM PENH—Jason Balabal grappled with Keo Sophak and endured the jeers of the hometown crowd earlier than snaring the gold medal on the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games.

The veteran wrestler from Ifugao floored the Cambodian, 4-0, to rule the Greco-Roman 87kg occasion, greater than a decade after reaching the highest of the medal podium once more within the sport at these Video games.

Balabal, greatest remembered as flag-bearer throughout the 2013 SEA Video games in Myanmar in his Igorot outfit, completed third within the 97kg of the freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines in Hanoi, Vietnam final 12 months.

Previous to his victory on Sunday, the 37-year-old grappler received the gold within the SEA Video games twice—within the freestyle on the 2009 Laos version and within the Greco-Roman on the 2011 Video games held in Indonesia.

Balabal’s efforts helped bump up the Philippine assortment to 46 gold medals, 70 silvers and 84 bronzes, overtaking Singapore at fifth place with two extra days left previous to the closing ceremonies on Wednesday.

Vietnam continued to rule over the sphere with 104 golds, 80 silvers and 106 bronzes whereas Thailand remained at second general with a haul of 84 gold, 68 silver and 83 bronze medals adopted by Cambodia (63-55-99) and Indonesia (65-57-79).

Filipino athletes can nonetheless improve their harvest with competitions in judo, weightlifting, kickboxing, wrestling, taekwondo and arnis over the subsequent two days.

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