BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Archer Nicole Tagle closed out the country’s stint in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games without any medal to show on Monday along with golfers Yuka Saso and Carl Janno Corpus.
The pair of Corpus and Saso assembled together an eight-over 148 on the final day, finding themselves out of the medal race after three rounds in the mixed team event at the Hurlingham Club here.
They produced a four-under in the opening round, but faltered in the next 18 holes with a five-over which proved disastrous leaving them chasing leaders Atthaya Thitikul and Vanchai Luangnitikul of Thailand and the United States duo of Lucy Li and Akshay Bhatia, who were already up by a wide margin.
Thitikul and Luangnitikul eventually grabbed the gold medal while Li and Bhatia settled for the silver.
Tagle, the Southeast Asian Games silver medalist, was ahead after three sets, 4-2, before Alyssia Tromans-Ansell of Great Brittain mounted a rally in the last two frames for a 6-4 victory that propelled her to the quarterfinals.
“I did my best and gave everything I had,’’ said Tagle after her round of 16 exit at the Parque Sarmiento archery range.
The Philippines placed 69th out of 206 countries after kiteboarder Christian Tio clinched a silver medal on Sunday, sharing the spot with Algeria, Ireland, Saint Lucia, Chinese Taipei, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.
“For me, this is a huge success for Team Philippines. We almost had two medals here,’’ said PH chief of mission Jonne Go.
