Kiyomi Watanabe wants to pay it back and help the younger generation as she plans to hold judo clinics in different parts of the country. Fil-Japanese judoka Kiyomi Watanabe (AP) While she prepares for another journey toward Los Angeles 2028, the 27-year-old Watanabe will try to search for...
Fil-Japanese Kiyomi Watanabe yielded to China's Tang Jing via ippon in Round of 32 of women's -63kgs judo event of the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena Tuesday, July 30. China's Jing Tang and Philippines' Kiyomi Watanabe after their women -63kg elimination round match in team judo...
Filipino-Japanese twins Keisei and Shugen Nakano proved they are a force to be reckoned with after pocketing separate gold medals in the 2024 Tahiti Oceania Open in French Polynesia Sunday, June 2. Shugen, left, and Keisei Nakano (Philippine Judo Federation) The Nakanos topped their respective...
Prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez said that weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has the best chance to win the country’s gold medal. His basis? “This is her fourth stint in the Olympics. Hidilyn Diaz is our most experienced athlete...
Photo from AFP Judoka Kiyomi Watanabe absorbed a stunning defeat at the hands of Spain’s Cristina Cabana Perez to make a early exit the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday, July 27. The Spaniard beat the Fil-Japanese via ippon, 10-0, in just 38 seconds of their women’s -63kgs Round of 32 match. The world...
Photo from One Sports' livesream TOKYO — A quadrennial gathering of nations for unity and camaraderie that honors the ideals of higher, faster and stronger in the field of sports was celebrated Friday as the XXXII Olympiad was officially opened after a year-long delay brought about by the...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
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...
EJ Obiena and Kiyomi Watanabe Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced Thursday, July 8, that pole vaulter EJ Obiena and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe will be the country’s flag-bearers to the Tokyo Olympics set July 23 to Aug. 3. Tolentino reiterated all 19 Filipino...
Dave Carter Tokyo Olympics-bound judoka Kiyomi Watanabe has the skills to compete for a medal against the best athletes in the world, Philippine Judo Federation (PJF) president Dave Carter said Tuesday, June 29. The 24-year-old Watanabe, the first Filipina to earn an Olympic berth in judo, is among...
Kristina Knott (left) and Kiyomi Watanabe Sprinter Kristina Knott and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe became the latest Filipino athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to start exactly 30 days from now. According to worldathletics.org, Knott earned a berth through universality place in the...
