Labadan books world meet return

MANILA, Philippines — Teener Breanna Labadan sealed her return trip to the World Championships yesterday with a solid performance that netted her ninth place in the individual all-around finals of the 14th Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Labadan, 16, recovered from a shaky hoops outing to finish strong with 110.40 points in the meet organized by the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines and supported by the Philippine Sports Commission.

The 5-foot-2 Pinay scored 26.10 in the hoops, netted a high 29.40 in the ball plus 28.30 and and 26.45 in the clubs and ribbon, respectively, finishing four rungs higher than her previous finish in the 2022 edition of the meet held in Thailand.