Nesthy Petecio took charge late in the match to eliminate top-seeded Yu-ting Lin of Chinese Taipei, 3-2, and advance in the quarterfinals of the women's featherweight boxing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Kokugikan Arena Monday, July 26. Chinese Taipei's Yu-Ting Lin (red) and Philippines' Nesthy...
Margielyn Didal advanced to the final of the women's skateboarding street event after landing seventh overall in the preliminary heats in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Ariake Urban Sports Park Monday, July 26. Philippines' Margielyn Arda Didal reacts as she competes in the women's street...
France's Evan Fournier (right) fights for the ball with USA's Draymond Jamal Green (left) during the men's preliminary round group A basketball match between France and USA during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on July 25, 2021. (AFP) A USA team led by 11-time...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Shooter Jayson Valdez failed to enter for the medal round after finishing 44th in the men’s 10-meter air rifle qualification of the Tokyo Olympics. Valdez compiled 612.6 points after six series which quickly ended his maiden appearance in the Summer...
Fireworks explode in the sky during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. (AFP) The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by...
Philippines' top pole vaulter EJ Obiena has finally arrived in Tokyo, Japan after delays due to strict travel restrictions. EJ Obiena (AFP) Obiena took his excitement to social media, thanking "everyone who have went out their way to make this a possibility." READ: PH Olympian profiles: Two world...
Remedy Rule (MB File Photo) TOKYO — Fil-Am Remedy Rule, a marine biology graduate at University of Texas at Austin, will seek a place in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly event as the swimming competition in the XXXII Olympiad creates a big splash Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center....
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino sported a customized version of a Yeezy 350 V2 in honor of the Philippine team in the Tokyo Olympics. Philippine Olympic Committee President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino wears the country’s colors even in his Yeezy 350 V2 black rubber...
Margielyn Didal gets to experience what it feels like skating at the Ariake Urban Sports Park, the skateboarding venue for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Margielyn Didal (right) with manager and skate filmmaker Anthony Claravall (Photo from Skate Pilipinas' Instagram account) Located near the...
Elreen Ando (Photo from Elreen Ando's Facebook account) TOKYO — Let it not be said that Cebuana Elreen Ando never lifted a finger to gain entry to the Olympic Games which starts on July 23, Friday. The 22-year-old did, raising enough iron to win the bronze medal in the 2020 World Weightlifting...
Kurt Barbosa (second from right, seated) (MB Photo) TOKYO — Given his own way, taekwondo jin Kurt Bryan Barbosa of Bangued, Abra would probably be draining three-point shots today and then whooping, instead of delivering Olympic-qualifying double roundhouse kicks — and then, well, whooping. But...
didal paalam magno watanabe Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal has written history in her own way as far as the Tokyo Olympics is concerned. Didal, 22, becomes the first Filipina skateboarder to qualify for the Olympics as skateboarding officially marks its official launch in this...
