PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Precious Cabuya and Jaymark Rodelas formally completed a sweep of the individual events of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games obstacle course racing at the OCIC Wedding Center.
Cabuya ruled the women's event with a time of 32.73 seconds while Rodelas clocked 25.19 seconds.
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Both times are expected to become world records after shattering their qualifying marks.
An all-Philippines final was set in both events, assuring the country two golds in Day One of the competitions.
The 31-year-old Cabuya defeated Kaizen Dela Cerna in the final, surpassing the previous world record of 33.1278 seconds she set during the qualifying.
Rodelas, a former member of the athletics team of Emilio Aguinaldo College, beat Popoy Pascua in record time where he shattered his qualifying time of 25.0921.
The OCR men’s and women’s team relay will still look to add two more gold medals and a sweep of the events on Sunday morning.
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