SIAM REAP – Athletics delivered two medals under scorching conditions early Saturday in the marathon competitions of the 32nd SEA Games at the Angkor Wat here – a silver from Arlan Arbois and a bronze from one-time champion Christine Hallasgo.
Braving humid conditions, which reached 37-degree Celsius even at 6 a.m., Arbois settled for the silver in the men’s event with a time of 2:33:27, finishing behind Indonesian gold medalist Agus Prayogo (2:32:59).
Vietnam’s Nguyen Thanh Hoang (2:35:49) completed the podium.
Arbois’ teammate Richard Salano did not finish.
In the women’s side, Hallasgo failed in her goal of regaining the marathon gold medal she held during the 2019 edition of the Games in the Philippines, but still made the podium with a bronze-medal clocking of 2:50:27.
Hallasgo, silver medalist during the Vietnam games last year, finished behind the favorite, Indonesia’s Odekta Naibaho, who retained her title with a time of 2:48:14, and Vietnam’s Thi Tuyet Le, who snatched the silver with 2:49:21.
“Despite the extreme heat our athletes did well,” said Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association secretary-general Edward Kho.