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HANGZHOU Indonesia beat the Philippines, 21-15, 24-25, 17-19, in Tuesday’s semifinal of sepaktakraw’s men’s quadrant action at the Jinhua Sports Centre Gymnasium. It was one loss that would go down in Philippine sepaktakraw history it’s the first medal, a bronze, for the country in the sport indigenous to the Asian Games. “We’re happy to contribute a medal
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MANILA-Six athletes from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) have bagged silver and bronze medals in various sporting events at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Air Woman 1st Class Noemi I. Tener won a silver medal in the women's freestyle 76kg wrestling competition, Air Force spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said in a statement Thursday night. "Meanwhile, five PAF athletes got bronze medals in several competitions A2C (Airman 2nd Class) Edgardo G. Alejan Jr. for mixed relay 4x400; A1C (Airman 1st Class) Sonny M. Wagdos for men's 5000m, A1C Jason Huerte and A1C Rheyjey C. Ortouste for sepak takraw, men's regu; and Technical Sgt. Margarito J. Angana Jr. for wrestling, men's greco roman 60kg category," Mariano added. Earlier, Mariano said Sgt. Eumir Marcial is one step away from the gold medal after winning against his Thai opponent in the middleweight division. While 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist, Staff Sgt. Hidilyn Diaz, is set to com