Art Barrientos of the Philippines toppled top seed Blake Walsh for the Masters gold medal in the 21st Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
The third-seeded Barrientos ruled the 16-game series after striking a total of 443 pins to Walsh’s 349 in the double-round finals.
The 19-year-old Barrientos reached the championship round after getting past second seed Lee Myeongchol of Korea, 205-191, in the stepladder semifinals.
“I just focused on my game, frame by frame. That’s my shot execution. Whatever happens, happens,” said Barrientos, a student of Far Eastern University on Sports Radio.
In the finals, Barrientos led Walsh, 206-180 in the first match, and before once again taking charge, 237-169 in the second match.
Barrientos, who also claimed the boys’ team gold the other day to hand the Philippines the boys’ overall honors.
Singapore International Open champion Zach Sales Ramin backed up Barrientos in the fight for the boys’ title with teammates Stephen Luke Diwa and Marc Dylan Custodio.
Jojo Canare and American consultant Joe Slowinski called the shots for Team Philippines.
Walsh settled for a silver medal, starting the day in fifth place after winning 7 of 8 games in the first of two blocks
The Australian was 32 pins behind the bronze medal position on Day 1.
