SEOUL (AFP) -- Triple Olympic archery champion An San has missed out on a place at this summer's Paris Games after failing to make South Korea's team. Triple Olympic archery champion An San (AFP/File photo) An became the first woman since 1904 to win three archery gold medals at a single Olympics...
Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas punched their tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics after outpointing their respective rivals in the World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Monday, March 11 (Tuesday in Manila). Nesthy Petecio, left, and Aira Villegas join four other Filipino...
Carlo Paalam vowed to return stronger in his Paris Olympics campaign after his bid was cut short over the weekend in the World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Carlo Paalam (AFP/File photo) In a social media post, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist said he was still nursing a...
Female boxers kept Team Philippines’ campaign alive as Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas moved on the cusp of securing Paris Olympic berths in the World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Sunday, March 10. Nesthy Petecio is one win away from a return trip to the Olympics. (File...
Nesthy Petecio intensified her Paris Olympics bid after booking a quarterfinals berth, while Aira Villegas and Carlo Paalam also advanced to the Round of 16 in their respective weight classes in the World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Friday, March 9. Petecio, who guns for a...
Emma Malabuyo clinched a spot in the women’s floor exercise final while Carlos Yulo’s title-retention bid in vault came to an end after failing to advance to the Top 8 in the Baku leg of the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series in Azerbaijan. Carlos Yulo fails to advance in the vault...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel launched his 2024 campaign aimed at the Paris Olympics with a 100m butterfly victory at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Illinois, on Thursday, March 7. Caeleb Dressel competes in the Men's 100 Meter Butterfly heats on Day 2 of...
Nesthy Petecio pounced on her Romanian rival to advance to the next round while four Filipinos succumbed in their respective bids on Thursday, March 7, in the World Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Nesthy Petecio inches closer to her second Olympics...
Carlos Yulo boosted his Paris Olympics preparations on Thursday, March 7, after advancing to the floor exercise final in the Baku leg of the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series in Azerbaijan. Carlos Yulo competes in his first tournament this year at the Baku World Cup with hopes of...
Boxers Rogen Ladon and John Marvin asserted their mastery over their rivals to advance to the next round of their respective weight classes in the World Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, March 6, in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Rogen Ladon, left, fights his way to the next...
Tokyo Olympian Kurt Bryan Barbosa will banner the Philippine team that will see action in the 2024 Asia Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games slated March 15-17 in Tai’an City, China. Members of the SMART/MVPSF PH team (from left) Arven Alcantara,...
INDIAN WELLS (AFP) -- Energetic Iga Swiatek on Wednesday, March 6, vowed to go all-out in the run-up to the Paris Olympics, with the world number one unwilling to moderate her packed WTA tournament schedule. Poland's Iga Swiatek (AFP/File photo) Swiatek, who won the title in Doha last month...
