Cebu Metropolis is presently ranked 4th amongst competing cities and divisions within the ongoing Palarong Pambansa, due to its powerhouse dancesport athletes. | CDN file photograph
CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of many thrilling new options of Palarong Pambansa 2024 is the separate medal depend for the cities or divisions competing within the meet.
This new addition is separate from the standard region-based medal tally.
And host, Cebu Metropolis is discovering itself preventing within the prime 4 of the general medal tally within the division rankings. With 10 gold medals, 10 silvers, and 5 bronzes as of July 13’s newest medal tally, the host metropolis is sitting in fourth place with three days left within the nation’s largest gathering of scholar athletes.
Virtually half of the 500-plus athletes that comprise Central Visayas are from Cebu Metropolis.
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In the meantime, Manila leads with 16 golds, 11 silvers, and 13 bronzes, adopted by Iloilo with a 16-8-9 depend, and Rizal with an 11-11-13 tally.
The majority of Cebu Metropolis’s gold medals got here from its dancesport {couples} who dominated the inaugural inclusion of this occasion within the Palarong Pambansa final Thursday night, on the GMall of Cebu.
Cebu Metropolis’s dancesport {couples} contributed eight gold medals, whereas two golds are from its proficient chess gamers.
Central Visayas’ Dumaguete Metropolis has three gold medals, three silvers, and three bronzes, whereas Danao Metropolis has a 2-2-2 tally all coming from its dancesport athletes, whereas the remainder of its member cities in Lapu-Lapu and Bayawan have one gold medal apiece.
The division medal rankings is the most recent addition to Palarong Pambansa 2024 because it returned to Cebu after 30 years.
Its fundamental aim is to establish prime athletes from their particular divisions and faculties as was prompt by the Philippine Sports activities Fee (PSC) earlier this 12 months by way of Commissioner Edward Hayco.
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Hayco acknowledged in an earlier interview that figuring out what specific metropolis or faculty the Palarong Pambansa medalist come from will vastly assist in figuring out the sturdy sports activities of those cities/divisions.
This in flip, will assist set up these cities or divisions’ nationwide grassroots sports activities program.
Palarong Pambansa 2024 marks Cebu Metropolis’s first internet hosting of the meet in 30 years. In 1994, it hosted the video games and constructed the Cebu Metropolis Sports activities Middle (CCDC) for the aim.
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