00:01Jeyos Gabriel Derek Yape brings home the Philippines's fourth gold medal in the 2026 Asian Games in Japan after ruling
00:08the mixed individual Virtual Taekwondo.
00:10Yape scores a 2-0 win over his opponent from Vietnam in the final. The win gives the Philippines its
00:16first ever Taekwondo gold in the continental showpiece.
00:19In Virtual Taekwondo, which debuted in the Asian Games, competitors wear virtual reality headsets and motion tracking sensors to control
00:26their digital avatars.
00:27Meantime, boxer Carlo Paalam comes close to ending the Philippines's 16-year drought for a boxing gold medal in the
00:33Asian Games.
00:34Paalam settles for silver in the men's 55kg division following a split decision loss to homebet Rui Yamaguchi of Japan
00:41in the final on Friday, October 2.
00:44Yamaguchi clinches the first two rounds as he earns the nod of three of the five judges with the other
00:48two scoring in favor of Paalam.
