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HANGZHOU – The Philippine para chessers struck a gold mine Saturday, capturing five out of a possible six in the rapid event to cap the country’s campaign on a victorious note for an all-time high of ninth in the overall medal standings on the last day of the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games here.
Counting the rapid team gold, Bernardo and Menandro Redor emerged as the PH squad’s most bemedalled athletes with three golds each in the outing supported by the Philippine Sports Commission. Veteran Henry Roger Lopez, who led the field with five points entering the seventh and final round, won a hard-fought match over teammate Jasper Rom to become a double gold medalist together with Mendoza in anchoring the men’s PI squad to a sweep of the team and individual events.
“Masayang-masaya. Wala akong masabi. This is my best performance since the Asian Para Games. All of our hard work and sacrifice paid off. This was a team effort,” said Lopez, who was teary-eyed in paying tribute to teammate Jasper Rom, whose parents passed away during the meet but stuck around. Actually, she and Indonesia’s Lilis Herna Yula were tied at the end of the seven-round series with identical 5.5 points, but the Filipina chesser won over the other by the tiebreaking system.
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