{"id":178770,"date":"2018-08-27T06:39:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178770"},"modified":"2025-01-13T05:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:41:38","slug":"ph-golfers-deliver-2-golds-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/27\/ph-golfers-deliver-2-golds-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"PH golfers deliver 2 golds in Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_178771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178771\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/yuka-2-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178771\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/yuka-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/yuka-2-edited.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/yuka-2-edited-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: GOLD WINNER. Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso holds the Philippine flag after winning the women&#8217;s individual gold in the 18th Asian Games golf competition at the Pondok Indah Golf and Country Club in Indonesia on Sunday. (Photo by Judith Caringal\/Radyo Pilipinas2 via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JAKARTA &#8212; The Philippines added two more golds in its medal haul in the ongoing 18th Asian Games here.<\/p>\n<p>Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso topped the women&#8217;s individual event and annexed the team gold with Bianca Pagdanganan and Lois Kaye Go in the golf competitions at the Pondok Indah Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>Pagdanganan, a student at the University of Arizona, also took the bronze in the women&#8217;s individual event.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines got two more bronze medals courtesy of pencak silat&#8217;s Dines Dumaan and Jefferson Rhey Loon, who lost their respective semifinal matches.<\/p>\n<p>Dumaan absorbed a 0-5 loss to Malaysia&#8217;s Muhammad Faizul M Nasir in the men&#8217;s Class B 50kg to 55kg category, while Loon succumbed to Vietnam&#8217;s Ngoc Toan Nguyen, 0-5, in the men&#8217;s Class D 60kg to 65kg class.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines, which has three golds and 10 bronzes, is now ranked No. 14 in the medal tally board.<\/p>\n<p>Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz won the women&#8217;s 53kg event in weightlifting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With three gold medals, the Philippines has surpassed the one gold medal of the 2014 Asian Games. Well done,&#8221; Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy synthroid online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/synthroid.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/synthroid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very happy that the three gold medals are funded and supported by MVSPF. Mabuhay ang Atletang Pilipino,\u201d Al Panlilio, president of the MVP Sports Foundation, for his part, said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, boxer James Palicte bowed to Uzbekistan&#8217;s Shunlor Abdurasulov, 0-5, in the preliminary round of the men&#8217;s lightweight (60kg) event at the Jakarta International Exhibition Center in Kemayoran.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Ladon and Irish Magno were scheduled to play late in the evening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Ladon will face Prem Chaudhary of Nepal in the flyweight (52kg) class while Magno will meet Pang Chol Mi of DRP Korea in the women&#8217;s flyweight (51kg) category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA &#8212; The Philippines added two more golds in its medal haul in the ongoing 18th Asian Games here. 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