Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 29) — Dines Dumaan captured the 24th gold medal for the Philippines in the pencak silat competition at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
Pencak silat, which originates in Indonesia, is a full-body fighting form that includes striking, grappling, and using of a combat weapon.
Dumaan defeated Indonesia’s Firman, 4-1, in the finals to win the 45-50 kg division of the men’s tanding putra Class A.
This is the first time in 12 years that the Philippines bagged the top prize in pencak silat at the biennial meet.
Mastafa Fitri Masjuri of Malaysia took the bronze medal.
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