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Fil-Am sensation Riannah Coleman and veteran internationalist Jasmine Mojdeh shares admiration after the 200-meter breaststroke event.

Homegrown bigshots made their presence felt to steal the limelight from foreign-breed Filipinos trying to make it to the National Team on the second day of action in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials for long course (50-meter) at the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool inside the historic Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC).

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Riannah Coleman tops the 50-meter breaststroke

A Filipino-American athletic scholar at the government-run National Academy of Sports (NAS) and a trio of foreign-breed Filipinos based abroad pulled off stunning performances to overshadow the absence of Olympian Kayla Sanchez on Thursday at the start of the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) 50-meter (long course) National Sports Trials at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.

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Jamesrey Ajido, Jazmine Mojde & Heather White

Sixty-one Filipino swimmers based abroad have signed up to join some 500 local hopefuls in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials -- 50-meter (long course) and 25-meter (short course) – Swimming Championships slated on August 15-18 and August -20-23, respectively, at the Teofilo Ildefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.

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