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Pancak Silat contributed two more gold medals on Monday, through its athletes Sarah Tria Monita, in the women’s C category of 55 kilograms-60 kilograms and through Abdul Malik in the Men’s B category of 50 kilograms-55 kilograms of the Asian Games 2018. Sarah Tria Monita defeated her Lao rival Nong Oy Vongphakdy, with a score 5-0, while her compatriot Abdul Malik beat his opponent Malaysian Muhammad Faizul M Nasir, with a landslide score of 5-0 during their bout held at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) Pencak Silat competition venue in East Jakarta.With these two victories, Indonesian Pencak Silat has contributed eight gold medals. In the match in the final round, Monita managed to control her opponent from the first to third round. The attacks launched by Monita hit the target several times. In fact, Vongphakdy was overwhelmed by the onslaught of Monita. Finally, Monita won a landslide score of 5-0. Malik, in the meantime, played in safe manner against Malaysian fighter Muhammad Faizul. Since the first round, Malik`s cutout succeeded in dropping his opponent. He got three points. There are no additional points in this round. Even in the second half, both fighters held on to each other until no points were obtained. In the third round, Malik and Faizul tried to play safe. There were no attacks that produced points. Even the two fighters committed violations until they were given a one-point deduction.With a very slim point, Malik won with a score of 5-0. (ANTARA)