MANILA, Philippines — Philippine artistic swimming got the needed boost when US-based Filipina swimmer Georgia Francesca Carmina Sanchez Tan collected three medals, including one gold, in the recently concluded 18th Singapore Open Artistic Swimming Championships at the Singapore Aquatic Center.
The 16-year-old Bacolod City pride gave the country a breakthrough in the sports too unpopular to the local sports community with an amazing performance in the Solo Free Group C Open Seniors class garnering a total of 96.6370 to beat Shashani Fernando of Sri Lanka (95.35.89).