By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña
The Philippine para dance sports squad bagged a total of 16 medals in the recently concluded 2021 Polish Open Qualifying Round para dance sports competition in Lomianki, Poland.
Seven gold medals, four silvers, and five bronze were hauled by the Filipino para dance sports members in their respective categories.
The medalists will then advance to the Para Dancesports World Championship in Korea this coming November 2021.
Edelyn De Asis was the star that shone the most for the PH team after topping in all four different categories she joined.
De Asis won the gold medals in the solo women class 2, junior class 1 and 2 and solo women class 2 freestyle categories.
Aside from the individual categories De Asis joined, she also paired with Julius Jun Obero for the championship trophy in the duo freestyle class 2.
Obero also had two successful gold medal wins in the combi Latin class 2 and freestyle combi class 2 when he paired with Rhea Marquez.
The last gold medal came from the brilliant performance of Jhona Pena and Joey Maglasang as they turned heads in their routine in the duo standard class 2 category.
