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Saclag, Unang Silver Medalist ng Pilipinas sa 20th Asian Games

Sep 23
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Jean Claude Saclag
Jean Claude Saclag

Nasungkit ni Jean Claude Saclag ang unang silver medal ng Pilipinas sa 20th Asian Games matapos matalo kay Otabek Rajabov ng Tajikistan, 0-3, sa mixed martial arts men's traditional -65kg final nitong Martes sa Nagoya City Inae Sports Center sa Japan.

Aminado ang 31-anyos na tubong Kalinga na masakit ang pagkatalo dahil ginto ang kanyang target.

“I really wanted to win gold. I expected that I could win it,” ani Saclag, na nahirapang makawala sa matinding ground control ni Rajabov.

Bago ang final, tinalo ni Saclag si Daisuke Murayama ng Japan via unanimous decision sa semifinals.

Samantala, nagdagdag ng bronze medal si Carlos Alvarez sa men's traditional -77kg matapos matalo kay Yerkingali Burkutalin ng Kazakhstan, 0-3, sa semifinals.

Dati nang nagwagi si Saclag ng Asian Games silver sa wushu sanda noong 2014 at tatlong SEA Games gold medals sa kickboxing noong 2019, 2022, at 2023.



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