DATA–Members of the Philippine contingent led by post vaulter EJ Obiena hold their nationwide flags throughout the opening event of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on May 12, 2022. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN/ AFP)
The nation’s gold medal champions in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam will certainly be acknowledged with citations in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night on March 6 at the Diamond Hotel grand ballroom.
Boxing Olympians Eumir Felix Marcial as well as Rogen Ladon, along with three-way gold champions Ana Nualla as well as Sean Aranar of dancesports, as well as the Gilas Pilipinas ladies’s group are amongst those to be pointed out with the unique honor handed out by the earliest media company in the nation.
The Philippines nabbed an overall of 52 golds in Hanoi to complete a solid 4th throughout the biennial fulfill that was two times rescheduled because of COVID-19 rise in the area.
Olympians Hidilyn Diaz, EJ Obiena, as well as Carlos Yulo, together with various other SEA Games gold medal champions Rubilen Amit, Meggie Ochoa, Carlo Biado, Johan Chua, as well as Vanessa Sarno, nonetheless, will certainly no more be offered citations as they’ll be bestowed greater honors throughout the gala evening.
Yulo, Obiena, Amit, Biado, Chua, Ochoa, as well as Sarno become part of the team to be wined and dine with Major Awards, while Diaz will certainly be called PSA Athlete of the Year for the 2nd straight time.
Other people to be pointed out beyond the SEA Games gold champions are Chezka Centeno, Marie Antoinette San Diego, Efren Bagamasbad, Ronald Lomotos, Philippine Navy Standard Insurance, Philippine pencak silat group, Letran Knights basketball group, Joyce Reboton, Dottie Ardina as well as others.
