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    Cristina Vergara, 45, wins wrestling gold as daughter gets bronze

    Mother-daughter tandem deliver for Team Philippines
    May 15, 2023
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    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A mother-daughter tandem won medals for the Philippines in wrestling on Monday in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.

    Ma. Cristina Vergara ruled the women’s freestyle 65kg, giving wrestling its second gold medal following the feat of compatriot Jason Balabal on Sunday.

    READ: Vanessa Sarno pulls off golden double in record fashion

    Vergara’s daughter Cathlyn, on the other hand, also captured a bronze in the women’s freestyle 59kg., completing a medal double for the family a day after Mother's Day.

    The elder Vergara, 45, previously won two gold medals in 2003 and 2005, but competed here only as a replacement for the injured Levie Espuerta.

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      The younger Vergara, 18, wasn’t even born yet when her mother captured her first gold medal in Vietnam in 2003.

      “Hindi ko mapaliwanag ang emosyon ko. Napakasaya ko,” said Vergara in an interview with Ramil Cruz of Abante.

      “Pressure pong maka-medal kasi idol ko si mama, maraming gold na siya,” said Cathlyn.

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