Team Philippines at 2026 Asian Games: October 2 schedule — Carlo Paalam, Alas Pilipinas, and other sports

Olympic boxing medalist Carlo Paalam will fight for the gold medal in the 2026 Asian Games on Friday as he takes on Japan’s Rui Yamaguchi in the men’s 55kg final.

Paalam is one of several Filipino athletes still in medal contention on Friday.

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The Alas Pilipinas women’s beach volleyball team will also battle for bronze, while athletes in jiu jitsu, taekwondo, padel, golf, wrestling, and other events continue their respective campaigns.

The Alas Pilipinas men’s team, meanwhile, will face Uzbekistan in the indoor volleyball classification round.

Here is the Philippines’ initial schedule:

Jiu Jitsu

Starting 8:00 a.m.

• Antonio Luigi Dy — men’s 77kg
• Mark Constance Vergel — men’s 77kg
• Romeo John Alfred Raphael Arellano — men’s 94kg
• Annie Ramirez — women’s 52kg
• Kaila Napolis — women’s 52kg

Golf

5:30 a.m. — Carl Jano Corpus, Justin Michael Delos Santos, Miguel Luis Tabuena — men’s individual stroke play

8:19 a.m. — Pauline Beatriz del Rosario, Rianne Malixi, Bianca Pagdanganan — women’s individual stroke play

Judo

Starting 10:00 a.m.

• Kiyomi Watanabe — women’s 78kg
• Chino Sy — men’s 100kg
• Eskelen Kedo — men’s 100kg

Padel

9:00 a.m. — Danna Abad and Joshea Malazarte — women’s pairs

Rugby 7s

10:55 a.m. — Philippines vs. Sri Lanka

Taekwondo

9:00 a.m. — Jeus Gabriel Yape — mixed individual virtual taekwondo

12:30 p.m. — Tachiana Mangin — women’s 49kg, Round of 16

1:06 p.m. — Kurt Barbosa — men’s 58kg

1:42 p.m. — Laila Delo — women’s 67kg

2:44 p.m. — Dave Cea — men’s 80kg

Beach Volleyball

11:00 a.m. — Khylem Progella and Sofia Pagara — bronze medal match

Wrestling

9:38 a.m. — Aliah Rose Gavalez

Volleyball

12:00 p.m. — Alas Pilipinas Men vs. Uzbekistan — classification match

Boxing

12:45 p.m. — Carlo Paalam — men’s 55kg, gold medal match

Softball

8:00 a.m. — Philippines vs. China

—JKC, GMA News