Fresh from training in Italy, two-time Olympian Jessie Lacuna breaks the ice for the Pinoy tankers at 9:30 am in the heats of the men’s 400-meter freestyle event, where he took a silver in the 30th Singapore SEA Games in 2015. With six gold medals up for grabs on the opening day of swimming, all of the finals will be held in the evening starting at 7 pm. Also hoping to break out of her own slump in her third consecutive SEA Games outing is comely Filipino-Saudi Jasmine Alkhaldi, who took six bronze medals – six individual and one relay – from Singapore two years ago. Traumatized by the incident, the Pinay swimmer faded to bronze in the re-swim while the Thai bet won the gold. Filipino tankers wound up sixth and last among the competing countries in the Singapore SEA Games swimfest with two silver and 11 bronze medals.

Source: Manila Times August 20, 2017 05:15 UTC