Kun Bokator's Robin Catalan adds to Philippines' golden haul

The Philippines' gold medal haul in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games increased on Monday as kun bokator's Robin Catalan added his own in the Cambodia games.

Catalan won the gold in the men's combat 50kg event to push the country's gold medal count to 17.

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Team Philippines claimed its first #SEAGames2023 gold medal in Kun Bokator courtesy of Robin Catalan in the Men's Combat 50kg!

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— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) May 8, 2023

In other combat sports, the team of Junna Tsukii, Jamie Lim, Remon Misu, and Arianne Brito claimed a silver medal in the women's team kumite event.

Each of the team members had a separate individual medal from other events, with Lim having a gold in women's 61 kg kumite.

Vovinam's Janah Lavador also had a bronze medal from the women's broadsword single form.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News