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NCR Tankers Rip Records, String Up Golds
The Philippine Star
|May 29, 2025
Titus Rafael Sia emerged as the newest pool titan after shattering two meet records and winning three gold medals so far to anchor NCR's surge midway through the 2025 Palarong Pambansa yesterday at the Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium aquatics center here.
LAOAG CITY – There's a new shark in town.
The 12-year-old Sia, from San Juan City, made ripples in his first Palaro plunge, resetting the marks in elementary boys' 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke with an ultimate goal of winning all his seven events – at the home province of Ilocano Shark and two-time Olympic medalist Teofilo Yldefonso.
Yldefonso, also a war hero who became the first Filipino and Southeast Asian medalist in the Summer Games, is the silhouette behind the official logo of the 65th Palaro being hosted by Ilocos Norte for only the first time since 1968.
Sia swam 4,000 to 5,000 meters in the past month as he braced for his chase of glory and history.
This story is from the May 29, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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