It must have felt like home for Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz and Eumir Felix Marcial after they finally received the keys to their very own house and lot in their hometown in Zamboanga City, it was revealed Monday, Sept. 6. Photo courtesy of Western Mindanao Command Photo courtesy of Western...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is wasting no time in preparing the Filipino athletes that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as host country Vietnam could not give a definite timetable for the holding of the biennial event. PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez, who is...
Australia's Curtis McGrath reacts after a heat of the canoe sprint men's va'a single (VL3 200m) during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo on September 2, 2021. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) Australian canoeist Curtis McGrath lost his legs in Afghanistan, but said...
Jerrold Mangliwan Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan capped off the Philippine team’s campaign in the Tokyo Paralympics after finishing eighth and last in the men’s 100-meter T52 event. Mangliwan timed 20.08 seconds behind eventual gold medalist Raymond Martine of the United States, who clocked...
Screen grab from Paralympic Games YouTube Channel Gary Bejino ended his Tokyo Paralympics campaign Friday with a last-place finish in the men’s 100-meter backstroke S6 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Bejino clocked 1 minute and 28.87 seconds for 20 th place, 14.72 seconds behind top qualifier Jia...
Allain Ganapin (Photo from PLM) The Philippine team suffered another blow in its Tokyo Paralympics campaign after para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin tested positive for COVID-19. The result ruled out Ganapin from the competition where he is supposed to battle in the men’s -75kg K44 division...
Monico Puentevella at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Photo courtesy of the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas) Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) head Monico Puentevella expressed optimism on the inclusion of weightlifting in the 2024 Paris...
Hidilyn Diaz (MB Files) Hidilyn Diaz said she looks forward to competing in the 2021 Weightlifting World Championship with high hopes of duplicating her success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old Diaz became the country’s first gold medal winner in the history of its Summer Games...
Gary Bejino Gary Bejino returned to the pool and finished last in the preliminaries of the men’s 400-meter freestyle S6 of the Tokyo Paralympics Thursday, Sept. 2. Bejino timed 5 minutes and 52.28 seconds to finish 13 th place at the bottom standings behind top qualifier Talisson Henrique Glock...
Haven Shepherd of the US (left) chats with Canada's Abi Tripp after competing in the women's 100m breaststroke SB7 swimming heat during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on September 1, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) US swimmer Haven Shepherd lost her legs...
Athletes compete in the men's 100m backstroke S9 swimming heat at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on August 30, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) China's youngest Paralympian broke her own world record in the pool in Tokyo on Monday, a day after...
Ernie Gawilan (left) and Gary Bejino Para swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino missed their chance to advance to the finals of their respective events in the Tokyo Paralympics Monday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Gawilan finished 10 th in the overall preliminaries of the men’s 100-meter...
