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Kurt Bryan Barbosa wins silver in the men’s -58kg kyorugi at the 2026 Asian Games, adding an Asian Games medal to his decorated taekwondo career.

The 27-year-old Tokyo Olympian won SEA Games gold in 2019, 2021, and 2023 before taking bronze in 2025. He has competed internationally in both the -54kg and -58kg divisions.

Barbosa represented the Philippines at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he competed in the men’s -58kg category. He now reaches the Asian Games podium in the same weight class.

Tachiana Keizha Mangin wins silver in the women’s -49kg kyorugi at the 2026 Asian Games, earning an Asian Games medal in the event.

The 18-year-old is the 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Champion, where she made history as the first Filipina to win a world junior taekwondo title. She also won gold in the same -49kg division at the 2025 SEA Games in her senior SEA Games debut.

Mangin has been competing internationally since her youth and has previously won medals at the World and Asian Championships. She now adds an Asian Games silver to her growing international résumé.

Jeus Gabriel Derick “Jace” Yape wins gold in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo event at the 2026 Asian Games, securing the Philippines’ fourth gold medal of the Games.

The victory makes the 22-year-old Filipino the first-ever Asian Games champion in virtual taekwondo, with the discipline making its debut as an official medal event at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The mixed individual competition features male and female athletes competing in the same event using virtual reality headsets and motion-tracking technology.

It is Yape’s second medal in two days. Just a day earlier, he won bronze in the men’s individual poomsae with a score of 9.0900 in his first Asian Games appearance. He now leaves his debut Asian Games with both a gold and bronze medal for the Philippines. 🇵🇭🥇🥉

John Cabang-Tolentino represents the Philippines in the men’s 110m hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games.

The 25-year-old hurdler delivers for Team Philippines, clocking a season-best 13.48 seconds to secure the bronze medal in the men’s 110m hurdles at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.

He holds the Philippine national record of 13.37 seconds, set in 2024. He is also the reigning Southeast Asian Games champion, having won gold and set a new SEA Games record of 13.66 seconds in Bangkok in 2025. He previously represented the Philippines at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

At just 20 years old, Albert Ian Delos Santos makes his Asian Games debut for the Philippines in the men’s 70kg weightlifting event.

On August 12 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Ian swept all three gold medals in the Junior Men’s 70kg category at the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships. He lifted 141kg in the snatch and 180kg in the clean & jerk for a 321kg total, setting multiple Asian and World Junior records.

Weightlifting runs in the family. His late father, Alvin Delos Santos, was a former national lifter who competed at the 1998 Asian Games, while his mother Diwa was also a national weightlifter and now serves as a national coach. Ian is also the reigning World Junior Champion in the 71kg category. 🇵🇭💪