{"id":178903,"date":"2018-08-28T04:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178903"},"modified":"2018-08-28T04:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:01:33","slug":"ph-picks-2-bronze-medals-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/28\/ph-picks-2-bronze-medals-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"PH picks up 2 more bronze medals in Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: BRONZE WINNER. Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii shows the medal she won in the women’s -50kg event of karate in the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday (Aug. 27, 2018). (Photo by Judith Caringal\/Radyo Pilipinas2 via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

JAKARTA —<\/strong>\u00a0The Philippines picked up its 12th bronze medal courtesy of karateka Junna Tsukii in the women’s -50kg event of the 18th Asian Games here.<\/p>\n

Tsukii pulled off a 4-1 victory over Thailand’s Paweena Raksachart, the 2017 SEA Games silver medalist, in their battle-for-the-bronze match at the Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall inside the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex.<\/p>\n

Tsukii lost to Uzbekistan’s Bakhriniso Babaeva, 1-2, in the first round and fell to the repechage stage where she faced United Arab Emirates’ Hawraa Alajmi and won, 4-2. Her victory against Alajmi gave her a shot for the bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Raksachart was also beaten by Bakhriniso in the semifinal round, 1-0, to move into the repechage stage.<\/p>\n

The Thai won over Timor Leste’s Daialle Exposto Pacheco de Jesus, 8-0, in the first round and Kazakhstan’s Moldir Zhangbyrbay, 4-2, in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Chinese Taipei’s Gu Shiaushuang won the gold medal after beating Babaeva, 3-2, in the final round.<\/p>\n

“I was confident to win a medal in this Asian Games,” said the 26-year-old Tsukii after the match. This bronze medal is not just for me, it’s for the whole team.”<\/p>\n

Tsukii is now 2-1 against the Thai in their head-to-head encounter. She won over Raksachart in the Thailand Open last year, but the Thai beat her in the SEA Games in the same year.<\/p>\n

The Philippines had earlier won another bronze medal from pencak silat courtesy of Cherry May Regalado.<\/p>\n

Regalado tallied 444 points among six competitors in the women’s singles final at the Padepokan Pencak Silat Center in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Philippine men’s and women’s teams lost their respective first matches in the round-robin elimination of the squash competition at the Gelora Bung Sukarno Squash Stadium.<\/p>\n

The men’s team of Robert Andrew Garcia, Lydio Espinola Jr., Raymark Begornia and David William Pelino bowed to Hong Kong, 0-3, in Pool A.<\/p>\n

In other results, Pakistan beat Pakistan, 2-1, and South Korea downed Nepal, 3-0, in Pool A while India won over Indonesia, 3-0; Malaysia clobbered Singapore, 3-0; and Qatar outplayed Thailand, 3-0.<\/p>\n

In the women’s division, the squad of Yvonne Alyssa Dalida, Jemyca Aribado, Regina Ma. Cristina Borromeo and Andrea Candace Jemiola fell to Japan, 0-3, in Pool A.<\/p>\n

Malaysia, bannered by world’s No. 9 Nicole Ann David, defeated Pakistan, 3-0. In Pool B, Hong Kong prevailed over Indonesia, 3-0, and India outclassed Iran, 3-0.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong’s Au Chun Ming and Lee Ho Yin met in the men’s singles final last Sunday, with Au prevailing, 3-1, to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n

Au won over India’s Saurav Ghosal, 3-2, while Lee beat Malaysia’s Mohd Nafizwan Mohd Adnan, 3-2, in the semifinal round.<\/p>\n

David, on the other hand, bagged her fourth consecutive singles title after beating Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam, 3-2, in the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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