MANILA – Taekwondo jins from Iloilo showed their might during the Smart MVP Best of the Best Taekwondo Championships 2018 at the Ayala Malls South Park in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
Angela Joy Marie Bermejo from the Denmark V. Pinggol stable shone the brightest – she was hailed as Most Valuable Player after capturing a gold medal in kyorugi on Sunday.
Jamie Hannah Agaloos of the Negros Taekwondo Union-Tigers stable was the lone gold medal winner from Bacolod City. She topped the poomsae event.
Bermejo’s teammate Cyd Edryc Esmaña took home two medals – a silver in individual poomsae and a bronze in the group event along with Niesha Karin Pequierda and Elizabeth Marie Borres.
Angelie Marie Perillo of the A. Diasnes stable had two bronze medals – one in female individual poomsae and another in the team event with Cindy Joy Diasnes and Sophia Marie Tungala.
Qualifying to the finals of individual poomsae were Pequierda, Borres, Antonio Miguel Nafarrete, Alfie Diasnes, and Kean Ryth Bornazal. Bornazal also qualified to the finals of kyorugi.
Reaching all the way to the quarterfinals were Ronald Kyle Pico, Joshua Grecia, Xyrus Andrei Desierto, Raphael Lloyd Pico, Senddrick Valencia, Joshua Cachero, and Roices Dane Decafe./PN
