JAYUARD Alciso beat Toby Espejon in an all-Filipino bronze medal match in men’s shortboard of the 20th Asian Games surfing competitions at the Long Beach in Aichi, Japan.
The 21-year-old Alciso won over Espejon, 11.64 to 8.90, to claim the medal, the Philippines’ 11th bronze in the Asiad, in surfing's debut in the Games.
Alciso ranked first placed in Round 1, Heat 8 with a score of 9.20 to progress, and beat Sivaraj Babu of India, 11.50 to 7.83 in Round 3 to advance to the knockout stage of the competition.
In the quarterfinals, Alciso defeated Kanoa Heejae Palmiano of South Korea, 10.76 to 7.24.
Alciso lost to Made Pajar Ariyana I of Indonesia, 13.60 to 12.37, to be relegated to the bronze medal heat.
Espejon arranged an all-Pinoy bronze medal match after his loss to Kanoa Igarashi of Japan, 18.33 to 5.83.
Espejon also ranked first in Round 1 with 10.33, won over Lucas Santiago Wehle of Malaysia, 11.83 to 6.34, in Round 3, and beat Kishore Kumar Anbarasu of India, 8.53 to 5.37, in the quarterfinals.
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