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MANILA, Philippines — Boxers Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio, both silver medal winners in the last Olympics, have been named as flag-bearers for the Philippine contingent to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Since the Philippines joined the Olympics in 1924, the unofficial count is 419 athletes have represented the country. The roster lists only participation in the Summer Olympics and excludes the Youth Olympics, Winter Olympics and demonstration or non-medal sports.
MANILA, Philippines -- Bonjour, Carlo Paalam.
MANILA, Philippines -- Emma Malabuyo is going to Paris.
MANILA, Philippines – The Tuesday, May 7, session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum is going to be as hot as the summer as top officials of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) together with the three lifters who qualified to the Paris Olympics serve as special guests at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
In attempting to qualify for her fifth Olympics, the Philippines’ one and only Summer Games gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz was faced with the dilemma of bringing down her weight to 49kg or moving up to 59kg because of the realignment of weightlifting divisions for Paris. She struck gold in the 55kg ranks at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but as the women categories were cut from seven to five, Paris organizers reclassified weights.
(UPDATE) FILIPINO rower Joanie Delgaco qualified for the Paris Olympics on Sunday, April 21, as she made history as the first female rower from the Philippines to compete in the Games.
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is upbeat on the prospect of the Philippines taking home gold medals in the upcoming Paris Olympics.