Franklin Ferdie Yee. | Photograph from Yee’s Fb web page
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano duathlon protégé Franklin Ferdie Yee made a powerful debut as a member of the Philippine Nationwide Workforce, securing a fifth-place end within the males’s elite class of the 2025 Asia Triathlon Duathlon Championships in Manama, Bahrain, on February 22 (Manila time).
Competing towards a few of Asia’s high duathletes within the dash duathlon race, Yee proved his mettle by clocking 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 15 seconds, edging out Japan’s Reo Ishizeki, who completed in 1:17:19, for sixth place.
Bahrain’s Moussa Karich claimed the championship with a time of 1:16:00, adopted by Moroccan Mohamed Nemsi (1:16:21), China’s Yujia Tong (1:16:45), and Poland’s Krzysztof Hadas (1:16:58).
Fellow Filipino duathlete Maynard Pecson completed ninth in 1:17:43, whereas John Ciron positioned eleventh in 1:17:58. Raymund Torio (1:18:50) and John Leerams Chicano (1:22:49) rounded out the Philippine crew in 14th and nineteenth locations, respectively.
The Philippine ladies’s crew additionally delivered a powerful displaying, with Merry Pleasure Trupa rising because the nation’s high feminine finisher, claiming second place in 1:29:16, simply behind the champion, China’s Ziqing Lu (1:28:24).
A number of Southeast Asian Video games (SEAG) gold medalist Kim Mangrobang secured a podium end at third place in 1:33:14, whereas Bea Quiambao (1:35:59) and Jena Valdez (1:41:00) positioned fifth and seventh, respectively.
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