SUBIC, Zambales — Philippines’ bet Joey delos Reyes settled for the silver medal in the men’s duathlon of the 30th Southeast Asian Games on Monday at Subic Bay Boardwalk.
The 31-year old duathlete clocked one hour, 53 minutes and four seconds, behind Indonesian Jauhari Johan, who finished the 10km run, 40km bike and 5km run race at 1:52:51.
“Oo [disappointed] syempre nasa lugar po ‘to natin pinipilit ko na makuha ‘yung gold pero at least kahit silver nakuha pa rin,” he said.
The Basilan native slowed down in the last 600 meters of the run to hydrate himself and Johan took advantage, pulling away from the exhausted delos Reyes.
“Mga 600 meters, hindi naman tumigil, nag slow down lang, kumuha ng tubig. ‘Yung distansiya, nakita niya na umagwat po ako kaya kinargahan niya. Si Jauhari naman po marathoner malakas talaga sa run,” shared delos Reyes.
“Pinipilit ko makawala sa bike pero nagpapalitan sila sa Thailand kaya hindi rin ako makawala, sayang lang ‘yung lakas ko nandyan lang sila,” he added.
Nattawut Srinate was a close third with a time of 1:53:05.
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