Athletes from the Cordilleras collect 18 gold medals in the SEA Games 2019, mostly from combat sports. SEAGames2019
CULTURAL SHOWCASE. Crisamuel Delfin says it's important for him to honor his tribe's traditional costume. Photo by Wakil Koshar/AFPCordillera, the least populated but the biggest producer of gold in the country, added 18 more during the 30th Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.
Of these gold medals, almost all came from combat sports, cementing the region’s claim as the center of combat sports in the country. Only Sandi Menchi Abahan and Stephanie Sabalo are the exceptions. Abahan, a world class ultramarathoner, won in the 5-kilometer division of the obstacle course while Sabalo won two golds in dancesports with partner Michael Angelo Marquez for Latin 5 dance and paso doble.Gina Iniong , Jerry Olsim and Jean Claude Saclag both won for kickboxing on the penultimate day of the games. The two are also Team Lakay stalwarts.
Cordillera also garnered 7 silver medals for wrestling , kickboxing , muay thai and wushu . It also gathered 5 bronzes from sambo, muay thai and kickboxing. –
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