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The Kayla Sanchez Show had its repeat run yesterday.

- OLMIN LEYBA

And with Sanchez splashing her way to a third conquest, Team Philippines added four more gold medals to its collection in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in various fronts.

Not content with anchoring the country to its first-ever triumph in the women’s 4x100m freestyle and leading a 1-2 finish in the 100m freestyle, the 24-year-old Olympian extended her brilliance to the 100m backstroke as she joined judoka Chino Sy and skateboard champs Mazel Paris Alegado, 11, and Jericho Francisco Jr. in the late-day quarry.

The quartet's feats hiked the delegation’s harvest to 15 golds, 23 silvers and 52 bronzes.

Sanchez, who also has two silver medals to her name here, weaved her Midas touch again at the Sports Authority of Thailand Swimming Pool in Bangkok, clocking 1:02.35 to beat Thailand’s Mia Millar (1:02.52) and Indonesia’s Flairene Candrea (1:02.60).

Sy, a sambo champ in 2019 who switched back to judo recently, marked his SEAG return with a three-match sweep of the men’s 100 kg class capped by an ippon disposal of Indonesia's Gede Ganding at the Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi Auditorium.