Silat adds bronze as Paalam enters semis

The Philippines gained one more bronze courtesy of pencak silat bet Almohaidib Abad while boxer Carlo Paalam made it to the semifinals of men’s light flyweight class on Wednesday in the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Abad settled for bronze following his 455-point showing in the men’s seni putra tunggal (form) event while Indonesia’s Sugianto Sugianto (471 points) and Thai Ilyas Sadara of Thailand (460 points) won the gold and silver, respectively.