Asian Games: Pair of Pinoys assured of bronze medals in pencak silat

Dines Dumaan and Jefferson Loon of the Philippines notched critical wins in pencak silat in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Friday to secure at least a bronze medal each.

Both of them won medals in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur — Dumaan a gold in the 45 to 50 kilograms division of the men's tanding putra Class A event, while Loon a bronze in the 60 to 65 kg division in men’s tanding Class D.

From the Pencak Silat venue 2 Filipinos Dines Dumaan and Jefferson Loon won their QF matches and into the SEmis , assured of Bronze Medals but going for God #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/dvsgqtFmdr

— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) August 24, 2018

Dumaan topped Boynao Singh Naorem of India 5-0 in a quarterfinal match in men's Class B, 50 to 55 kilograms event, before advancing.

Loon first downed Mateus da Silva Concecao of Timor Leste 5-0
in the round of 16, then beat Almazbek Zamirov of Kyrgyzstan 4-0 in the quarterfinals to reach the next round in men's Class D, 60 to 65 kilograms event.

Dumaan will battle Muhammad Faizul M Nasir of Malaysia at 9:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m., Manila time) on Sunday.

Loon takes on Ngoc Toan Nguyen of Vietnam at 11:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m., Manila time) on the same day.

Victories by Dumaan and Loon will send them to the gold-medal match.

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