Annie Ramirez captures the Philippines' third gold and second in jiu-jitsu in the Asian Games as she rules the women's 57kg class
MANILA, Philippines – Jiu-jitsu has breathed new life into the Philippines’ campaign in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Annie Ramirez captured the Philippines’ third gold and second in jiu-jitsu in the 19th edition of the continental showpiece after ruling the women’s -57kg at the Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium on Friday, October 6. Ramirez scored a 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan’s Galina Duvanova in the final to complete her unbeaten run after winning her first three bouts.
A three-time champion in the Southeast Asian Games, Ramirez defeated Vietnam’s Le Thi Thuong, Singapore’s Fiona Toh, and UAE’s Shamsa Alameri to advance to the final.Jiu-jitsu has contributed three medals so far, with Kaila Napolis adding a bronze in the women’s -52kg category. Napolis – remembered for nailing the Philippines’ first gold in the previous SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in May – edged UAE’s Hessa Alshamsi, 4-2, for the bronze.Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.
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