VIENTIANE – Miguel Molina, at 25 way past his prime by the standards of the sport, tries one last fling at glory as he leads the country’s quest for gold medals in the medal-rich sport at the start of swimming competitions in the Southeast Asian Games tomorrow at the National Sports Complex.
Seven of the 32 gold medals are at stake on opening day. Molina stakes his title in the 200m individual medley and will team up with 15-year-old Jessie Khing Lacuna, Robert Walsh and Charles Walker in the 4x200m relay.
The heats will be held at 9 a.m. while the finals are set at 6 p.m.
“We have a very good chance in the 400-m IM with Molina and the 4x200-m relay, although medyo dehado tayo doon dahil malakas ‘yung team ng Singapore,” said team manager Pinky Brosas.
“But the boys are feeling good. So we’ll see,” added Brosas.
The 25-year old Molina, a product of the University of California-Berkeley, won four gold medals during the 2007 SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand to emerge as the Best Male Athlete of the meet.
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