Cruz shares gold with Malaysian gymnast in vault apparatus

The Manila Times

Cruz shares gold with Malaysian gymnast in vault apparatus  Filipino gymnast John Ivan Cruz claims the vault apparatus gold medal at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games on Dec. 12, 2025. After a plea for recomputation of scores, Cruz, who was initially adjudged as silver medalist, emerged as co-champion with Malaysian Muhammad Sharul Aimy with identical average of 13.833 points. Thailand’s Tikumporn Surintorta finished with a bronze medal, scoring 13.717 points.  Cruz gave the Philippines its eighth overall gold medal in this meet, and raised his personal SEA Games gold haul to two after winning the floor exercise in Cambodia two years ago.   VIDEO BY NIEL V. MASOY  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel -  vhttps://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #tmtnews  #sports

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00:00Thank you, Ivan.

00:04Your performance.

00:06I don't know.

00:08Yeah.

00:10No one po, masaya po.

00:12And then, nagpapasalamat po kay Ikad

00:14that no injuries po

00:16sa aming lahat na naglaro.

00:18And yung pinaka-target ko po

00:20sana yung ma-defend ko yung floor.

00:22And ito po yung pinagay sa atin.

00:24Ikad na, kaya hindi ko po

00:26siya sinayang. Nag-focus po ako ng maayos.

00:28Then, nagpahinga ng maayos para po

00:30dito. Ay na.

00:32Pwede po naman yung nangyari din sa ayun.

00:34Pwede ka ngayon.

00:36So, finisyo niya parang simple talaga?

00:38Yes po, but

00:40pwede po kasi mag-inquire ng

00:42mag-demand po kayo na magreklamo sa mga judges.

00:44If paano talaga

00:46parang bias po parang ganun.

00:48Pwede ka lumapit sa judge and then

00:50pwede po kayo magreklamo. And then, binigay po nila.

00:52Binago po nila yung...

00:54Parang may complete sila.

00:56Hindi ako parang ganun po.

00:58Pero dun ano ba yun?

01:00Paano nyo na...

01:02Alam nyo na talaga na may malin

01:04kung nagsimper?

01:06Yes po, malalaman nyo po talaga yun.

01:08Dahil sa...

01:10tinira niya po yung skills like

01:12mas mataas po yung sa akin kasi nung first bolt ko.

01:14And then, konti...

01:16konti lang naman po yung deduction.

01:18Parang nagulat din po ako na

01:20nasayangan din po.

01:22Kaya pina...

01:24Pina-inquire po nila yung scores.

01:26And then, nabago naman po.

01:28Overall, uh...

01:30Yes po.

01:31Siyempre po.

01:32Siyempre po.

01:33Masaya po.

01:34Just any motivation ba since yun ya

01:36you were trying to do begin your

01:38exercise system?

01:39Parang must any motivation ba?

01:40Siyempre po panapa, wala ang training.

01:42Yes po.

01:43Ayun po yung pinaka naging nagpa-boost sa akin na...

01:46So, if I can't have anything to do, I can't have anything to do, I can't do it.

01:53I can't do it.

01:54Like, that's the way I can do it.

01:56That's it.

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