Three fighters into pencak silat finals

CEBU CITY, Cebu: Three national pencak silat fighters are set to go for gold after cruising through their semifinal bouts on Thursday.

Roni Syaifullah in the men's 75-80 kilograms G division, as well as Dian Kristianto (45-50 kg A) and women fighter Rosmiati (55-60 kgs C) romped to 5-0 victories over their opponents.

Rony defeated Malaysian Ismail, Rosmiati beat Malaysian Malini Binti Mohamad and Dian overcame the challenge of Singaporean Mohammad Asyadullah.

"We're counting on Rony to win gold, but Dian and Rosmiati might also cause a surprise," national team manager M. Taufik said. -- JP