Macaalay takes kumite silver in SEA tourney
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE , Philippines – Jayson Ramil Macaalay found Indonesian tormentor Donny Dharmawan a tough nut to crack and settled for a silver medal in the men’s kumite at the close of the second Southeast Asian Karatedo Federation championships yesterday.
Despite the egging of teammates and the hometown crowd at the Hotel Stotsenberg convention hall, Macaalay was outclassed by Dharmawan, 0-6, who scored all of his points with two quick 3-point takedowns to bag the -55-kilogram gold medal.
“Naunahan niya ako,†said the 19-year-old Dagupan City native, who lost to Dharmawan, an Asian bronze medalist, in the 2011 Indonesia Southeast Asian Games.
Macaalay, a bronze medalist in Indonesia two years ago, emerged as the best Filpino performer in the senior division of the three-day tournament.
Eugene Dagohoy, Hector Franco, Mabel Gay Arevalo and Clarence Lachica earlier captured bronze medals in their respective kumite events, giving the Philippines an overall tally of 4-9-17 gold-silver-bronze medals.
Serving notice of its goal to figure prominently in the Myanmar SEA Games in December, Malaysia bagged seven golds in the senior division, highlighted by a sweep of the men’s and women’s individual kata, to rule the meet with a 11-8-6 overall tally.
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