SEA Games 2019: Online outrage as Malaysian athlete knocked unconscious by Philippine rival in pencak silat event
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The Southeast Asian Games 2019 have proved controversial since even before they opened and that has only intensified since the competition got under way last week.
In the pencak silat, an Indonesian martial art, there was controversy on Tuesday during the Class B bout between Philippine fighter Dines Dumaan and Faizul M. Nasir from Malaysia.
After being dropped to the floor and trying a take-down, the prone Nasir was kicked in the head by defending champion Dumaan and knocked unconscious. Host broadcasters ESPN5 reported it as a chest kick on Twitter.
Dumaan, the 2017 SEA Games Class A gold medallist, was declared the winner to the delight of the home crowd as defending Class B champion Nasir was being carried off on a stretcher.
Reports suggest that Nasir was not treated by Games doctors for three minutes before being rushed to a Clark hospital from the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Centre.
