PHNOM PENH: The Philippine pencak silat team concluded its 32nd Southeast Asian Games campaign with two silver and eight bronze medals – a haul that still exceeded expectations despite missing a gold.
Dines Dumaan fell short of giving the country what could have been its first and only gold in the sport after bowing to Indonesia's Khoirudin Mustakim in the men's tanding class A at the Chroy Changvar Convention Center here on Wednesday.'As a team for the 32nd SEA Games, we did well. More than what we expected,' said Philippine Pencak Silat Association secretary general Inier Candor.
Dumaan, a 2017 SEA Games gold medalist, lost 25-43 to Mustakim, who ruled the same event in the World Pencak Silat Championship last year in Malaysia.'We feel there is a certain bias towards Indonesia. But in every fight, there is a winner and a loser,' said Candor.The duo of Alfau Jan Abad and Almohaidib Abad delivered the Philippines' other pencak silat silver for the day.
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