Men’s Pencak silat 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Indonesia Wins gold In Pencak silat

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Aji Bangkit Pamungkas won Indonesia’s fourth gold medal in pencak silat after crushing Singapore’s Sheik Ferdous Sheik Alauddin in the men’s 85 to 90 kilogram final on Monday.

Aji whitewashed his opponent 5-0 at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) in East Jakarta.

The two athletes’ defenses were up for most of the first round and this prompted the referee to deduct one point from their score.

Aji began to attack in the second round and managed to hit Sheik Ferdous several times. The Singaporean contender reacted by launching several counterattacks.

The fight grew intense in the third round with Aji and Sheik Ferdous punching and kicking other. Sheik Ferdous attempted to take down Aji by locking and pulling his opponent’s arm, but the referee reprimanded him because the throw was illegal.

In the end, Aji emerged victorious.