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PINATUNAYAN ng Filipino dancesport na Pilipinas pa rin ang pinakamagaling sa region matapos pagharian ang 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) sa Hanoi,Vietnam.
Matapos magwagi ng five golds,five silvers at two bronzes, ay napanateli ng Pilipinas ang overall title na napanalunan sa 2019 edition na ginanap sa Clark Freeport Zone,Pampanga.
Pinuri ni Philippine Dancesport Federation president Becky Garcia ang Standard at Latin teams upang maging proud ang kanilang bansa.
“They did their best because they are focused and passionate in their dancing,” Wika ni Garcia.
Ana Leonila Nualla at Sean Mischa Aranar komulekta ng three golds sa Standard Viennese Waltz, Standard Tango at Standard All Five Dances, parehong tatlong event na kanilang pinagharian sa 2019.
Sa Viennese Walts event, Nilampaso sina Anucha Wijitkoon at Pasraporn Phandech ng Thailand habang sina Minh Vu Hoang Anh at Xuah Nguyen Truong ng Vietnam ang nagwagi ng bronze.
Nagtagumpay sa Tango event, dinaig ang tambalan ng Thailand Thailand’s Thanawan Yananun at Issaparung Duangkaew (silver) and Vietnam’s Duc Hoa Nguyen at Yeu Nguyen Thi Hai, habang sa All Five Dances, giniba sina Anucha at Pasraporn (silver) at Duc Hoa at Yeu Nguyen (bronze).
“Our fighting spirits are high during the competition. We are determined to give them three gold-level performances,” Wika ng the 30-year-old Nualla, a licensed chemist na isa na ngyong full-time athlete.
Sumali siya sa national team noong 2016.
Napanateli rin nina Mary Joy Renigen at Mark Jayson Gayon ang kanilang titulo sa Standard Slow Foxtrot event, dinispatsa sina Anucha Wijitkoon at Pasraporn Pahndech ng Thailand (silver) at Malaysia’s Leonard Jie Ren Hoh at Ning Huah Mu( bronze)
Tumigil sa pagsasayaw sina Renigen at Gayon ng dalawang taon dahil sa pandemic at bumalik October nakaraang taon.
“Before the SEA Games, we trained in London, United Kingdom from April 14-26. We fund-raised a budget for it and by God’s grace and with the help of many generous people, we were able to pursue it.
“We also trained in Cebu from April 30 to May 4, with Italian coach Paolo Bosco, a seven-time world champion in Standard. This training is through the generosity of Pagcor chair Andrea Domingo,” kwento ni Renigen.
Renigen at Gayon ay dancing partners simula 2014. Sumali sa national team noong 2017.