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Pencak Silat’s Kram Airam Carpio wins gold at Asian Youth Games
Pencak silat star Kram Airam Carpio delivered the Philippines' first gold medal in the third Asian Youth Games, striking gold in the girls' 51 to 55-kilogram class.
Carpio won the gold medal with an emphatic 33-19 win over Indonesia's Qiken Dwi Tata Olifia.
Her victory in Manama, Bahrain, serves as a fitting follow-up to her silver-medal finish in the Asian Pencak Silat Championships in Vietnam last July.
Carpio's win propelled the Philippines to third in the medal count behind Uzbekistan and Indonesia.
Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino lauded Carpio and expressed confidence that the team will surpass its previous performance of two gold medals in the 2013 Nanjing Asian Youth Games.
The Philippines has entries in 17 sports in this major youth sporting spectacle featuring over 4,300 athletes competing across 253 events in 24 sports.
Carpio called on the 141-strong Philippine delegation to put its best foot forward.
Carpio joins 2013 gold medalists Pauline Lopez (taekwondo) and Mia Legaspi (golf) on the list of Filipino champions at the Asian Youth Games.
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