Chezka Centeno of the Philippines in action during the 2025 World Games women’s 10-ball event. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Chezka Centeno suffered a stinging 6-7 loss to China’s Yu Han to take the silver medal in the women’s 10-ball event of the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.
Centeno crawled back from 0-3 deficit and was one rack away from claiming the gold, but a crucial scratch on a safety play for the first ball spelled doom and gave Han the opening she pounced on in the deciding frame.
Smiling despite the defeat, the Zamboanga City native was still grateful for the experience in her second World Games appearance.
“I did not expect that mistake. But I’m still happy,” Centeno said. “This medal is for our country. I hope I still made you all proud.”
Centeno became the second silver medalist for Team Philippines after Kaila Napolis in women’s 52kg ju-jitsu and on top of Carlos Baylon Jr.’s bronze in wushu sanda 56kg class.
Before the finals, the Filipino ace beat Mayte Ropero of Spain in the quarterfinals and hometown bet Shasha Lui in the semis.
In the preliminaries, Centeno dominated Savannah Easton of the US before yielding to Han in her second match.
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