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PARIS – Three years after his Tokyo slip, gymnast Carlos Yulo emerged as an Olympic golden boy, coming through with the performance of his life and delivering a triumph for the ages in the floor exercise final at the Bercy Arena here Saturday.
I have mixed feelings about boxing being one of the few Olympic sports that will get us on the medal tally board. Before Hidilyn Diaz, EJ Obiena and Caloy Yulo, our medal hopes were all pinned on our boxers. In Tokyo in 2020, three of them came through – Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam with silvers and Eumir Marcial with a bronze. In our Olympic history, eight of our 14 medals came via boxing (athletics, swimming and weightlifting contributed two each).
MANILA, Philippines -- The first National Age Group Championships is set to kick off this weekend at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila.
Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Philippines has not sent a delegation of more than 19 to the Summer Games. The Sydney contingent of 20 included four boxers and four taekwondo jins. None came home with a medal. POC president Mayor Bambol Tolentino recently said he’s hoping for a delegation of about 25 athletes in Paris and it will be the largest in 28 years.
TRIXIE Ortiguerra pulled off the biggest upset yet as she overshadowed the dominant performances by some of most experienced junior internationalists in the Philippine Aquatics-organized National Tryouts NCR leg on Saturday at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila.
Experience prevailed as familiar faces emerged victorious at the start of the Philippine Aquatics-organized national tryouts NCR leg on Friday at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – Experience prevailed as familiar faces emerged victories at the start of the Philippine Aquatics-organized national tryouts NCR leg at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) in Malate, Manila Friday.