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Philippine Star
The Philippine Star February 24, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — John Albert Mantua surpassed the SEA Games qualifying medal standard in shot put with a personal and season best of 17.02 meters on Day 1 of the MILO-PATAFA 2022 SEA Games Performance Trials at the Baguio Athletics Bowl. Mantua, a native of General Santos City, missed by one centimeter the silver-medal mark in the 2019 SEA Games and thus secured a spot to the SEAG in Hanoi, Vietnam slated May 12-25. “Congratulations are in order for John and his coach, Arniel Ferrera,” said PATAFA president Philip Ella Juico. Meanwhile, Janr…