LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games October 5

LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games October 5

Several Filipino athletes are just beginning their campaign in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday, October 5 as the competition in Hangzhou, China winds out to its last four days.

Representatives in karate and jiu-jitsu open their respective bids while Eumir Marcial tries to deliver Philippine boxing’s first gold medal in these year’s Games in the men’s 80kg.

ASIAN GAMES: TEAM PHILIPPINES OCTOBER 5 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Philippines Eumir Felix Marcial in blue comfort Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon after defeating him in the Boxing Men’s 71-80Kg Semifinal bout for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Eumir Marcial isn’t in a hurry to jump into a mega-buck fight anytime soon.

He has the Paris Olympics to look forward to.

And with that being said, Marcial will now be using his future pro fights to sharpen up for his quest for the gold medal that matters most next year.

Gilas Pilipinas Women in the 19th Asian Games.

The Gilas Pilipinas women saw action in their first Asian Games (Asiad) in 25 years, reaching the quarterfinals like they had targeted to do.

The Philippines ended its campaign with a 2-2 record to finish fifth in a field of 12 nations—a decent run for a program that had just earned a fresh invite to the continental showcase after sterling stints in various tournaments the past two years.

But coach and Gilas women’s program director Pat Aquino wants his charges to accomplish more that he is not about to rest just yet.

Carlo Paalam vs Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan in the Asian Games boxing quarterfinals. –POOL PHOTO

HANGZHOU, China—Carlo Paalam has gotten a taste of the literal tall odds he would need to face more on the road to Paris.

Bombing out of the 57-kilogram class in the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games boxing competition, Paalam is thinking of sliding back to his old 51-kg division where he snared a silver medal in the last Olympics—and where he has a better shot at making it back there next year.

He must make up his mind fast, as the clock is ticking with the World Qualification Tournaments for Paris set early next year.

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