Team Philippines at 2026 Asian Games: October 2 schedule -- Carlo Paalam, Alas Pilipinas, and other sports

Taekwondo jin Jeus Yape delivered the country's fourth gold medal, boxer Carlo Paalam secured a silver and the Alas Pilipinas beach volleyball women's team added a bronze as the Philippines' medal tally in the 2026 Asian Games improved to 25 medals on Friday, October 2.

The Philippines will continue its 16-year wait for an Asian Games boxing gold medal after Carlo Paalam fell short against Japan"s Rui Yamaguchi in the men"s 55kg final at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines — The young pair of Khy Progella and Sofiah Pagara gifted the Philippines its first ever Asian Games medal in beach volleyball. Progella and Pagara copped the bronze medal in the 2026 Asian Games beach volleyball event after outlasting China’s duo of Shuting Cao and Jie Dong, 21-13, 21-23, 15-13, on Friday at the Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court in Aichi, Japan. This is the first time the Philippines made the podium since beach volleyball was introduced in the Asian Games in 1998. Progella, 20, and Pagara, 21, are both beach volleyball standouts of the University of Santo Tomas. The young guns made sure to earn a medal finish after the exit of Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons on Wednesday, when the two Alas veterans fell to Thailand’s Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee and Taravadee Naraphornrapat, 17-21, 21-12, 13-15, in the quarterfinals.

The Youth Team scored a runaway 28-8 victory over the Legends Team in the 3rd DG’s Cup: Youth vs. Legends chess duel on Thursday at the PEZA Investment and Corporate Center in Pasay City.  Fresh from the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan, Grandmaster Daniel Quizon and International Master Michael Concio Jr. scored 6.0 points apiece to lead the charge for the Youth Team. The other members of the team are National Master Al- Basher Buto, Fide Master Ivan Travis Cu, Jasper Faeldonia and NM Lorenzo Aaron Cantela.  The Legends Team is composed of GM Rogelio "Joey' Antonio Jr., GM Darwin Laylo, IM Ronald Dableo, IM Petronio Roca, IM Jose Efren Bagamasbad and NM Ronan Andrade.  The 3rd DG’s Cup was organized by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, under the leadership of director general and CEO Tereso  Panga. It was held in partnership with the EPZA/PEZA Retired Employees Association with the Bayanihan Chess Club serving as tournament director.  The one-day tournament is also supported by JC Marikina, DBS Custom Brokerage, Ionics EMS Inc., Thaison Builder & Developer Inc., Flooring Solutions an IIPI company, Rocafe Coffee Bar, C-Style Prints, PER Solutions Engineering Services and Consultancy , Phil. Nakamura Corp., Qonek Mega App Inc., E.C. Caldejon Construction, Fastlink Handlers & Brokerage Corp., and Alpha Insurance & Surety Company Inc.  The Youth Team dominated the Legends with scores of 4.5-1.5 in round 1, 5-1  in round 3, 4.5-1.5 in round 4, 5.5-0.5 in round 5 and 5.5-0.5 in round 6. The Legends managed to forge a draw in the second round.

20th Asian Games medal tally as of 12:13 p.m., October 2, 2026.

The Philippines copped another bronze medal in the 2026 Asian Games as the du oof Khylem Progella and Sofiah Pagara defeated China"s Cao Shuting and Dong Jie, 13-21, 23-21, 15-13, on Friday in Japan.

MANILA, Philippines — Jeus Gabriel Yape delivered the fourth gold for the Philippines after defeating Ngoc Tuyet Sang Chau of Vietnam, 2-0, in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo event at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday morning at the Toyohashi Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan. Yape finished with a bronze on Thursday in the men’s individual poomsae competition.

(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — Jeus Gabriel Yape delivered the fourth gold for the Philippines after defeating Ngoc Tuyet Sang Chau of Vietnam, 2-0, in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo event at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday morning at the Toyohashi Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan. The 22-year-old Yape became the fourth Filipino to snare a gold medal in this year’s Asiad edition after two golds from Carlos Yulo and one from Ernest John “EJ” Obiena. With two days left, the Philippines has already tied its previous finish of four golds in the 2022 Hangzhou, China edition. Yape went against a 21-year-old female Vietnamese since the mixed individual event has no separate gender or weight class divisions. The mixed individual virtual taekwondo event is a digital, non-contact sport where athletes compete in a virtual arena. The athletes wear a headset and sensors, where their movements and motions are tracked in real time. Their characters will be represented on the screen as avatars and will fight in a virtual space with no physical contact with an opponent. The game is played as a best-of-three-round system, with each round lasting one minute. The athletes should execute kicks, side attacks, downward strikes, and head attacks to target the opponent's avatar, with their movements copied on the screen. Yape finished with a bronze on Thursday in the men’s individual poomsae competition.

Jeus Gabriel Derick Yape bagged another medal in the 2026 Asian Games, this time a gold from the mixed individual virtual taekwondo event.

Follow along with Team Philippines' campaign in the 2026 Asian Games on Wednesday, October 2, 2026.

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