Pinoy sprinter Beram, decathlete Toledo give PHL 2 more gold medals

Trenten Anthony Beram shortly after winning the gold medal in the Men's 200m. From the Official Website of the 2017 SEA Games

The Philippines' gold medal haul at the Southeast Asian Games went further up to 10, after two Pinoys in athletics dashed their way to gold medal victory Wednesday night.

Decathlete Aries Toledo picked up the gold medal in the Men's Decathlon, after obtaining a total score of 7,443 points from 10 different track and field events.

He bested Thailand and Vietnam's athletes, who secured silver and bronze medals, respectively.

#SEAGames2017 #Athletics Men's Decathlon (last night) pic.twitter.com/NF4lTt9Dcb

— SEA Games 2017 (@SEAGames2017) August 24, 2017

Shortly after Toledo's victory, sprinter Trenten Anthony Beram followed suit and snatched a gold medal in the Men's 200 meters, after clocking in at 20.84 seconds and beating Thailand and Malaysia.

Men's 200m Final Result:
GOLD: Beram #PHI
SILVER: Jirapong #THA
BRONZE: Thevarr #MAS

— SEA Games 2017 (@SEAGames2017) August 23, 2017

Filipino-American sprinter Eric Cray earlier gave the Philippines its eight gold medal in the Men's 400-m. hurdles.

The Philippines remains in sixth place with 10 gold medals, 15 silver, 21 bronze, for a total of 46 medals.

Host country Malaysia remains the leader with 121 medals, of which 51 are gold, 38 are silver, 32 are bronze. — MDM, GMA News