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Alvarado, Danica
Enayon, Mary Rose
Inducil, Alex George
Lobaton, Kimberly
Mayola, Jeandiey
Sampaga, Kyla Mae
Tacis, Nicole Izzy
Vitales, Stephanie

2019 SEA GAMES: Timor Leste Won't Left Without Triumph and the Overwhelming
Support from Filipinos was Manifested

Timor Leste won't left empty handed thanks to its best athletes.

One of the most spectacular event that happened in the Philippines is the Sea Games 2019. There
are 11 countries who participates in the Sea Games and that includes Timor Leste. According to
Philippine Star, As the games wore on, netizens began to cheer for Timor Leste as their
delegation went days without a medal to begin their SEA Games campaign. Filipinos began to
cheer Timor Leste to give motivation as for them to earn victory entitled to their country. Before,
Timor Leste haven't gotten any medals but as the time passed, they finally barge into the medal
race. "East Timor is the poorest Southeast Asian nation, only gaining independence in 2002. Yet
they choose to be part of ASEAN and Sea Games", one person wrote on twitter. Perhaps this was
the reason why many Filipinos rooted and cheered for them.

One of their best athletes is Imbrolia De Araujo Reis Amorin, she got the first bronze medal for
Timor Leste. Amorin delivered Timor Leste’s first medal with three days left in the biennial
sporting event and the diminutive jin couldn’t help but be emotional after her success in kyorugi
competition of taekwondo. The other atheletes got the remaining 5 medals. The determination
and eagerness of those athletes lead them to bring home 6 medals from Sea Games 2019.

The said country was unable to receive a medal after 7 days of the ongoing Sea Games 2019 that
held here in Philippines, and because of that "Timor-Leste" is trending on Philippine Twitter,
with more than 3,600 tweets as of writing. The tweets are very heart-warming, to say the least.
They all bear with them the message of the Games: We really do win as one.

Here are some filipino netizens expressed their support to Timor Leste:

@TCRaizen
No one will be trailing behind! Go #TimorLeste 🇹🇱! Mas masaya pag lahat panalo! We hope
that you get your first gold, silver and bronze medals! #WeWinAsOne #30thSEAGAMES

@vesahge
PH lead in the SEA Games really made us proud, but we will be happier if Timor-Leste would
also win medals to bring with them as the SEAGamends.

It's not just about the competition. It's about compassion. Let us cheer for Timor-Leste!🇹🇱
#SEAGames2019#WeWinAsOne

While the Philippine team continues to win gold medal after gold medal in the 30th Southeast
Asian (SEA) Games, a number of Filipinos have exhibited the spirit of true sportsmanship
online.

In particular, Filipino netizens have expressed their support for Timor Leste’s athletes who have
yet to win any medal. The said country managed to win one silver and five bronze on taekwondo
and boxing with the total of six medals. Timor Leste was very thankful to all Filipino netizens
that support them warm heartedly.