August 15, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Aislinn Agnes Yap vented her ire on Costa Rica’s Nicole Castro and received their sambo duel so as to add a bronze medal to the Philippines’ haul within the World Video games in Chengdu, China yesterday.
Yap confirmed why she is the highest fighter within the girls’s fight -80-kilogram division as she overwhelmed Castro, 3-1, to cop the bronze and hike the nation’s medal haul to 2 silvers and two bronzes.
Earlier within the day, Yap absorbed a surprising 0-2 loss to Ulbossyn Adilova of Kazakhstan of their semifinal bout.
Yap’s feat by some means eased the ache of kickboxer Hergie Bacyadan’s controversial defeat to Serbian Aleksandra Krstic that denied the Kalinga Apayao warrior a bronze.
With all her heavy punches, excessive kicks, and knees connecting to the Serbian’s face and physique, Bacyadan appeared match for the rostrum ceremony occurring within the night.
However the judges awarded the victory to Krstic who was visibly shaken and grimacing in ache your complete match.
It was a controversial outcome for the Paris Olympian who has a wealth of worldwide preventing expertise from wushu, vovinam and boxing.
However the nationwide crew determined to not pursue a protest and as a substitute transfer on.
