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Asian Games: Coo grabs BMX bronze; Caluag finishes 6th

Asian Games: Coo grabs BMX bronze; Caluag finishes 6th

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Updated Oct 01, 2023 04:14 PM PHT

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Filipino cyclists Patrick Coo and Daniel Caluag. Handout/PhilCycling.
Filipino cyclists Patrick Coo and Daniel Caluag. Handout/PhilCycling.

(UPDATED) Cyclist Patrick Coo added to the Philippines' medal haul in the 19th Asian Games as he won bronze in men's BMX, Sunday at the Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre BMX Course.

Coo, 21, finished with a time of 39.076, behind Japan's Nakai Asuma (37.542) and Thailand's Komet Sukprasert (38.478).

This is the Philippines' seventh bronze medal of the Asiad, and a first for cycling.

"I'm very happy but hurting for sure," said Coo, o scraped the upper part of his right thigh after crashing in the first moto of the 12-cyclist final. "I ripped my pants in the process and got it fixed immediately."

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Meanwhile, Daniel Caluag -- a gold medalist in BMX in the 2014 Asian Games and a bronze medalist in 2018 -- finished sixth this time around. Coo's bronze means that the Philippine cycling team has delivered a medal in each of the last three Asian Games.

The 36-year-old Caluag clocked 40.433, behind a pair of Chinese cyclists. The veteran is still recovering from a broken rib he sustained in training in the US.

"I feel very happy, I went straight to the biggest one, the Asian Games," said Coo, an Olympic Solidarity scholar.

"This could kick off more major accomplishments for Patrick," said Philippine Olympic Committee President Mayor Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, who is also concurrently the president of PhilCycling. "He's only 21, so young, and he’s been training seriously and diligently the past year or so under the Olympic Solidarity program."

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