Wushu artist Divine Wally wins 5th bronze for PHL in Asian Games

Divine Wally won a bronze medal in the women's sanda 52-kg. event in wushu on Wednesday, pushing the Philippines' total to one gold and five bronze medals in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.

Wally became the second wushu artist to medal at the Games after Agatha Wong took home the bronze in the women's taijijian.

#PSCAsiadUpdates: Another day, another medal finish for the Philippines as Divine Wally settled for bronze medal in the Wushu Women's Sanda 52kg.

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Wally earned the bronze after defeating Mimi Yoysaykham of Laos in the round of 16 on Sunday and  Selviah Pertiwi of Indonesia in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

But she fell short in the semifinals to Chinese Taipei's Chen Weiting, leaving her to settle for the bronze. —JST, GMA News