Young achievers feted in Siklab Awards

MANILA, Philippines — Tachiana Mangin of taekwondo and weightlifters Angeline Colonia and Lovely Inan will banner the heavy cast of awardees in the Nickel Asia Corp. Siklab Youth Sports Awards 2024 tonight at the Market! Market! Activity Center Ayala Malls BGC.

Mangin ruled the women’s -49kg class of the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea, becoming first Filipino to win in the event since Alex Borromeo won the men’s -47kg division during the 1996 edition in Barcelona, Spain.

Colonia and Inan, meanwhile, topped the women’s 45kg and 49kg categories, respectively, accounting for the two gold medals that ranked the Philippines third overall out of 28 countries in the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation World Junior Championships in Leon, Spain.

Joining them are 2024 US Junior Girls champion Rianne Mikhaela Malixi of golf and wushu’s Alexander Gabriel delos Reyes together with Asian junior gymnastics gold medalist Karl Eldrew Yulo and table tennis youth champion Kheith Rhynne Cruz in the awards ceremony backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, MVP Sports Foundation, Ayala Malls and powered by Smart.

Muay thai world-beaters Janbrix Ramiscal and Lyre Anie Ngina, chess Olympiad gold medalist Ruelle Canino head the list in the Super Kids Award.