Baguio City’s Jessa Mangsat broke the national record in winning the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase gold medal of the 2013 Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission (POC-PSC) Philippine National Games athletics competitions on Tuesday at the Philsports track oval in Pasig City.

Mangsat posted 11 minutes and 25.70 seconds to erase the 11:28.54 old mark of Jean Palencia registered in the 2009 University Athletic Association of the Philippines athletics event in Manila. Jennismyll Mabunga settled for silver with a time of 11:43.15 while Flordeliza Donos took the bronze in 11:58.90.

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