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SEA Games: Kun Bokator's Derla grabs 2nd gold for PH

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Angel Gwen Derla receives her gold medal after ruling the women" s="" bamboo="" shield="" event="" of="" Kun="" Bokator.="" Photo="" courtesy="" the="" Philippine="" Olympic="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/5/04/20230503-seagames.jpg"/><figcaption>Angel Gwen Derla receives her gold medal after ruling the women&#x27;s bamboo shield event of Kun Bokator. <em>Photo courtesy of the Philippine Olympic Committee. </em></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>(UPDATE 3) </strong>Angel Gwen Derla gave the Philippines its second gold medal in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in the Kun Bokator competitions in Cambodia.</p><p>Derla ruled the women’s bamboo shield form with 8.4992 points.</p><p>Kun Bokator is an ancient Cambodian martial art which incorporates elbow blows, shin strikes, locks and grapples. It made its SEA Games debut this year.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Results" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/5/04/20230503-seagames-results.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Derla bested the host country’s Chanchorvy Puth (8.4658 points) and Deslya Anggraini of Indonesia (8.4158).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/04/23/sea-games-bjjs-kaila-napolis-nabs-1st-ph-gold">SEA Games: BJJ&#x27;s Kaila Napolis nabs 1st PH gold</a></li></ul><p>This was the Philippine&#x27;s second gold medal after Kaila Napolis grabbed the gold in women&#x27;s jiu-jitsu.</p><p>The 25-year-old Napolis swept all her four assignments, including the final match against hometown bet Jessa Khan, 2-0.</p><p>Meanwhile, Mark Lacao and Rhuchein Yosorez each delivered a silver medal for the Philippines also in Kun Bokator.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/04/23/kun-bokator-to-teqball-unusual-sea-games-sports">Kun Bokator to Teqball - unusual SEA Games sports</a></li></ul><p>Lacao placed second in the men&#x27;s single bamboo shield form event, with 7.7492 points. He ranked second behind Cambodia&#x27;s Titsovathanak Kim (8.2492 points). Indonesia&#x27;s Gema Nur Arifin (7.6659 points) completed the podium.</p><p>Yosorez compiled 7.3326 points in the women&#x27;s single bare hand form to place behind the host nation&#x27;s bet, Sanhchana Yuos (7.7492 points).</p><p>Alyssa Mallari added a bronze in another Kun Bokator event, the women&#x27;s single spirit form. She compiled 8.0825 points. </p><div><strong>For more stories on the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, click <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/seagames2023">here</a>.</strong></div>

Angel Gwen Derla gave the Philippines its second gold medal in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in the Kun Bokator competitions in Cambodia.