Mary Francine Padios topped pencak silat’s seni tunggal singles on Sunday to win the first gold medal of the Eighth Women’s Martial Arts Festival at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
MARY FRANCINE PADIOS topped pencak silat’s seni tunggal singles on Sunday to win the first gold medal of the Eighth Women’s Martial Arts Festival at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
There’s a story behind the gold Padios—a bronze medalist at the Malacca world championships earlier this year—clinched on Sunday. “I hesitated at joining this event, but I dreamt of Papa and he reminded me about obligation to the country and my new responsibility in the family,” she said. Shanta Loise Carlos, meanwhile, topped the -54 kgs of jiu-jitsu beating Gliza Bea Jacinto. Erica Barros bagged bronze.
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