Photo from Jerrold Mangliwan's Facebook page Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan failed in his medal campaign in the Tokyo Paralympics Friday night after getting disqualified in the men’s 400 meters T52 class. Racing on Lane 3, Mangliwan registered a personal best of 1 minute and 0.80 seconds to...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Hidilyn Diaz wanted nothing else but the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a dream she long aspired for since her first go-round in 2008. Thirteen years later, the Zamboanguena weightlifter delivered just that, lifting her way to immortality by winning the Philippines' first...
Photo from Ernie Gawilan's Facebook account Ernie Gawilan missed his chance to make it to the finals of the men’s 200-meter individual medley SM7 Friday after finishing ninth in the heats at the Tokyo Paralympics. Gawilan timed 2 minutes and 50.49sec to finish ninth out of 13 participants in the...
Photo from Jerrold Mangliwan's Facebook account Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan advanced to the medal round of the men’s 400 meters T52 event Friday in the Tokyo Paralympics. Mangliwan finished seventh in the morning heats by clocking 1 minute and 3.41 seconds behind top qualifier Tomoki Sato...
Screen grab from Paralympic Games YouTube Channel Gary Bejino failed to advance to the next round of the swimming competition Thursday after finishing last in his event in the Tokyo Paralympics at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Bejino, a two-time Southeast Asian Para Games gold medalist, clocked 3...
Photo from Phoenix Petroleum Tokyo Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial received their incentives from the Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation. Diaz, Petecio and Marcial met with Siklab Atleta executive director and Phoenix Petroleum executive Raymond Zorilla...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz thinks that one likely solution to have weightlifting competitions in the 2024 Paris Olympics is for it to be organized by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). Diaz said that as an athlete, she is clueless on the fate of the...
Gary Bejino TOKYO - All eyes will be on swimmer Gary Bejino, who will be the first Filipino campaigner to plunge into action in the World Para Games as he competes in the men’s SM6 200-meter individual medley at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre here on Thursday, August 26. A back-to-back gold medalist in...
Fireworks light up the sky at the end of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 24, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Paralympic sport got under way in Tokyo on Wednesday, after a high-energy and poignant opening ceremony, with the...
Achelle Guion Para powerlifer Achele Guion was ruled out of the Tokyo Paralympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) disclosed this in a statement Tuesday, adding that Guion, a two-time Asian Para Games silver medalist, were unable to join the Philippine team...
Hidilyn Diaz and Ramon S. Ang San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President Ramon S. Ang personally handed the P10 million check to weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz as part of her incentive for winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal in the Tokyo Games. The incentive is Ang’s personal gift to Diaz, a...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte awards 1996 Atlanta Olympics boxing silver medalist Mansueto Velasco with P500,000 from the Office of the President during the awarding of incentives to the medalists and other athletes who competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Malacañang Palace on August 23,...
