By Jean Malanum
MANILA – The national team that brought home 30 medals from the recent Singapore Youth Archery Championships paid a courtesy call on Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) officials, according to a news release Thursday.
PSC Chair Patrick Gregorio and Commissioner Edward Hayco welcomed the 21 athletes, accompanied by five coaches and five officials, who presented their medals (13 golds, 10 silvers and seven bronzes) on Wednesday.
The national archery team has two foreign coaches — Ryu Su Jeng, who steered South Korea to five gold medals in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, and Hong Sung Chil, a gold medalist in the 1999 World Championships.
“This is the resurgence of Philippine archery,” Gregorio said in a statement.
He described the performance in Singapore as a “perfect bullseye.”
China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and Laos also joined the three-day tournament for athletes 18 years old and below.
“It’s time to bring back the glory days of Philippine archery. This is for the country,” Bing Reaport, World Archery Philippines head, said.
The gold medalists on the final day of the competition were Mariano Matteo Medina (men’s U15 recurve), General Marc Bangoy (men’s U18 recurve), Leila Jell Cano (women’s U18 recurve), Mateusz Vaughn Johnson (men’s U18 compound and Abigail Lim (women’s U21 compound); while Chass Mhavien Colas (men’s U18 recurve and Zac Zayco (men’s U18 compound) bagged silver medals. (PNA)
