TANKER Arvin Taguinota splashed his way to a pair of gold medals yesterday to join Pasig City teammate and gymnast Haylee Garcia in the elite quintuple gold medal club in the Batang Pinoy in Puerto Princesa, Palawan yesterday.
Mr. Taguinota, an 11-year-old protégé of Olympian Jessie Lacuna, topped the 12-13 boys 100-meter (m) backstroke in a minute and 4.3 seconds and then teamed up with Ricardo Delgado, Marcelino Picardal III and Jefferson Saburlase in seizing the 4x50m freestyle relay mint in 1:47.44.
Mr. Taguinota, who also won in 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 200m individual medley, thus matched the five-gold haul of Ms. Garcia, who hauled five in one fell swoop in the FIG juniors class of women’s artistic gymnastics Monday back in Intramuros, Manila.
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