HANGZHOU, China: The Philippines lost another top medal hopeful after Tokyo Games veteran Kurt Barbosa dropped his opening round match to Uzbekistan's Omonjon Otajonov at the start of taekwondo's Kyorugi (free sparring) event in the 19th Asian Games.
Barbosa started tentatively but rallied furiously to tie the count at 14-all at the end of the exciting two-round contest in the men's -58-kilogram division at the Lin'an Sports Culture and Exhibition Centre here.
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