EJ OBIENA (athletics) EJ Obiena This Tokyo Olympics could be the year for athletics as pole vaulter EJ Obiena is among the favorites to win a medal for the Philippines. The 25-year-old Tondo native aims to become the second Filipino from the sport to win an Olympic medal following Simeon...
An official from the Philippine delegation to the Tokyo Olympics has tested positive for COVID-19 a week before the opening rites of the Games. A non-athlete Philippine delegate to the Tokyo Olympics tests positive for COVID-19 a week before the opening of the Games kicks off. POC president Bambol...
Olympic-bound skateboarder Margielyn Didal considers consistency as key for the successful execution of her tricks when she faces the top contenders in the Tokyo Games next month. Margielyn Didal (MB File Photo) Didal is making the most out of her much-needed rest in hometown Cebu as she is set to...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a giant shadow on the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games. With less than a month left, anxiety over the possibility that foreign athletes and journalists could be carriers of the emerging deadly Delta variant has been added to the hosts’ long list of...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez considers qualifying to the Tokyo Olympics a blessing in disguise after setting aside his plans to join the Philippine Army. Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Call it a divine intervention of some sort, Valdez said the qualifiers have become a test of...
Olympic-bound skateboarder Margielyn Didal is ready to unleash all the tricks up her sleeves when she competes in the 2021 Tokyo Games next month. Margielyn Didal (Handout) National team coach Dani Bautista said they have been working on Didal's late flip-outs and 360 flip-outs, to name a few, to...
Filipina skateboarding icon Margielyn Didal has officially qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, World Skate announced on late Wednesday, June 9. Margielyn Didal (MB File Photo) The sports world governing body presented the 20 qualifiers, including Didal, in both men's and women's division of the...
Margielyn Didal Filipina skateboarding sensation Margielyn Didal is looking to secure a podium finish in the Street Skateboarding World Championships in Rome, Italy. Didal, who is now qualified to the semifinals, is on a mission to seal her spot in the Tokyo Olympics slated from July 23 to August...
Margielyn Didal Filipina skateboarding icon Margielyn Didal was recently featured by the Olympic Channel as she guns for a spot in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In the original series " By Her Rules ," the Olympic Channel highlighted Didal's humble beginning from being a skater of the street --...
Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz (left) and boxing legend-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao in this file photo. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Facebook page) Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has extended support to weightlifting icon Hidilyn Diaz after the latter secured her spot to the 2021 Tokyo...
Hidilyn Diaz will be competing her fourth Olympics in Tokyo this year. (MB File Photo) Hidilyn Diaz clinched her fourth straight Olympic berth after finishing fourth overall in the women’s 55kg category in the Asian Weightlifting Championship Sunday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A silver medalist in...
Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas (Photo from Hermie Macaranas' Facebook account) Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas is raring to compete in the upcoming 2021 Canoe Sprint Asian Olympic Qualifier in Pattaya, Thailand in May. Macaranas said he and John Paul Selencio are paired up for the 1000-meter...
