Three more gold medals for the Philippines in the Asian Youth Games as the wushu team doubled the country's winning haul with an impressive Sunday performance.
SAKHIR, Bahrain — The wushu performers chipped in big to the Philippines’ medal haul in the Asian Youth Games, producing three gold and two silver medals in a stellar Sunday show at the Grand Hall of the Exhibition World Bahrain.
Zeth Gabriel Bueno and Lyle Anie Ngina came through with impressive individual displays in wai kru.
Jan Brix Ramiscal and Tyron Jamborillo delivered the third gold medal, winning the team mai muay final as the Philippines hiked its gold medal haul to six.
Bueno’s 9.17 earned him the gold in the boys’ 14-15 wai kru final.
Thailand’s Daonuea Phuangmali got 9.0 points for silver, while Malaysia’s Jaethan Jonathan Quan was given 8.53 points and gained the bronze.
Ngina got 9.0 points to top the girls’ wai kru 14 to 15.
Malaysia’s Auryelle Xzandra Bobby earned silver with a score of 8.8, while Thailand’s Kittima Yotsombat scored 8.6 for bronze.
Ramiscal and Jamborillo got a score of 9.20 for the gold as the United Arab Emirates’ Yousef Rakan and Aziz Alhammadi earned silver with an 8.30, and Malaysia’s Bethany Yun Yunn Lai and Jaethan Jonathan Quan scored 8.27 for bronze.
It was a mix of elation and anguish for Ramiscal, who got edged out by Thailand’s Pimpichien Chaiwan for the gold medal in boys’ 16-17 final by countback after both ended up with a 9.23 average.
One of the five judges scored Ramiscal 91 while Chaiwan’s lowest score was 92.
Iraq’s Sajjad Hamzah Ali Rabeeh bagged the bronze with a score of 8.47.
Jasmine Dagame got 8.93 points in the girls’ 16-17 final, good for silver, as Thailand’s Rungthipwa Koakaw topped the event with a 9.17 score.
Malaysia’s Ariesya Dania Binti Abdul Latip bagged the bronze medal with her 8.63 points