PH women’s poomsae team wins gold

(From left) Nicole Labayne, Aidaine Laxa, and Jocel Ninobla win the gold medal in the female recognized poomsae team event at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games at Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Friday, May 12. PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The Philippine women’s poomsae team grabbed a gold medal in the female recognized event in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Friday, May 12 at the Chroy Changvar Convention Center Hall F.

The trio of Labayne, Laxa, and Ninobla joined hands at Hall F to give the Philippines its second gold for the day and 29th overall.

They topped the six-team field with 108.5 points followed by Malaysia with 108 and Thailand and Vietnam with 107.5 points each.