James Walsh is First Pinoy to Swim Below 2 Minutes
“He has brought the SEA Games record to a new level,” PASA president Mark Joseph said.
On Monday, Walsh ended up 29th of 44 aspirants. Michael Phelps of the US emerged on top of the qualifiers with an Olympic record-breaking time.
On the other hand, another Philippine record was broken courtesy of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz. She surpassed her qualifying total (186) in women’s 58kg weightlifting.
Southeast Asia’s Most Valuble Player Miguel Molina is the next RP swimmer to see action in the 200m breaststroke heats.
MEDAL TALLY
Here are the Top 10 Countries as of August 12, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
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1 | China | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
2 | USA | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
3 | SKorea | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
4 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
5 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
6 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
7 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Russia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
10 | NKorea | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |