Both athletes in the men`s doubles category scored 580 points and defeated their opponents from Vietnam, Duc Danh Tran and Hong Quan Le, who won the silver medal with 562 points, while Mohd Taqiyuddin Hamid and Muhammad Afifi Nordin from Malaysia won the bronze medal, with a score of 560 points.
In fact, Malaysia was tied with Thailand, with both scoring 560 points, but after deliberations and taking into account the movements and strengths, it was decided that Malaysia would come in the third place.
Chief of the INASGOC awarded the medals to the winners.
Jampil and Hendy finishing first has given Indonesia its 14th gold medal overall in the 2018 Asian Games.
Another competition will be held in the art category of Pencak Silat, in which Nunu Nugraha, Asep Yuldan Sani, and Anggi Faisal Mubarok will compete in the men`s group category.
Apart from the competition in the art category, fighters will also go head-to-head in matches scheduled on Monday noon in which five Indonesian athletes are competing, including Abdul Malik, who will go against Malaysian Pencak Silat fighter Muhammad Faizul M Nasir in the men`s B class (50-55 kg).
The second match will bring Aji Bangkit Pamungkas against his Singaporean opponent Sheik Ferdous Sheik Alauddin in the men`s I class (85-90 kg).
Iqbal Candra Pratama will go head-to-head against Vietnamese fighter Ngoc Toan Nguyen in the men`s D class (60-65 kg) in the third match.
Meanwhile, in the fourth match, Sarah Tria Monita will compete against Nong Oy Vongphakdy from Laos in the women`s C class (55-60 kg), while in the fifth match, fighter Komang Harik Adi Putra will face his Malaysian opponent Mohd Al Jufferi Jamari in the men`s E class (65-70 kg).
Reporting by Syaiful Hakim
Editing by Aria Cindyara
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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