Ubas enters Asiad long jump final

ANRY UBAS progressed to the final of the 19th Asian Games men’s long jump at the Hanzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday, September 30.

Ubas placed third in the qualification phase with a jump of 7.79 meters in the 19-athlete field, where the top 12 advanced to the final.

Ubas competes in the final on Sunday, October 1, at 7:10 p.m.

Janry Ubas TMT FILE PHOTO 

Meanwhile, Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam advanced to the men’s boxing 57-kilogram (kg) quarterfinals after dispatching Munarbek Seiitbek of Kyrgyzstan also on Saturday.

Paalam scored a majority decision win over Seiitbek at the Hangzhou Gymnasium, earning a 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 decision from four judges.

Only one judge favored Seiitbek, giving him a 29-28 advantage.

Paalam thus moved on the cusp of securing a medal in the Asiad.

On Friday, Eumir Marcial also advanced to the men’s 80-kg quarterfinals.

This, after Marcial scored a unanimous decision win over Vietnamese Manh Cuong Nguyen in the Round of 16 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium, putting himself on the cusp of winning a medal in the Asiad.

Dominant in the match, Marcial earned the scores of 30-24, 30-25, 30-26, 30-26, and 30-27 to repeat over Nguyen, whom he knocked out in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila.

Marcial will face Weerapon Jongjoho of Thailand in the quarters on Wednesday, and a win over the latter will secure the Filipino Olympian a bronze medal in the tourney.

In Esports, Philippine Sibol’s last-ditch ambitions to make a dent in its campaign ended in a 0-1 setback to Uzbekistan in the Group Stage action of DOTA 2 matches late Friday evening at the Hangzhou Esports Center.

The loss put the Eljohn Andales-led Sibol squad out of contention for the quarterfinals, allowing Uzbekistan to move to the next stage with its two-game sweep of Group A.

Sibol earlier gained confidence on its chances when the Filipino gamers prevailed over India.

But Uzbekistan, powered by safe laner Kyailhek Tairov, strengthened its bid after they also got past India in the earlier matches.

Uzbekistan will next confront Nepal for a semifinals berth.

China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia also joined Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, the John To-led Philippine Sibol team dropped out of contention in the Dream Three Kingdoms 2 quarterfinal of the esports event making its debut in the Asian Games.