The Philippine taekwondo team fell short in its bid to clinch Olympic berths to Paris after Jessica Canabal and Kurt Barbosa yielded to their respective semifinal rivals in the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Tai’an, China on Saturday, March 16.Kurt Barbosa fails to earn a return trip...
The Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) resumed strengthening its athletes’ program by sending a 25-player squad in the Asian Taekwondo Championships on June 22 to 27 and the Korean Open International Taekwondo Championships on June 29 to July 5 both in South Korea.
Olympian Kurt Barbosa...
Reigning champions that include Tokyo Olympian Kurt Barbosa headline the national taekwondo team seeing action in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam next month.
Kurt Barbosa, in red, at the Tokyo Olympics. (File Photo)
Barbosa hopes his Olympics experience would translate to...
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Despite being the first Filipino athlete to bow out of the Tokyo Olympics, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa refused to dwell on his defeat and instead look at the brighter side of his short-lived Olympic debut.
Barbosa vowed to learn from his experience in Japan and continue his quest...
South Korea's Jang Jun (blue) and Philippines' Kurt Bryan Barbosa (red) compete in the taekwondo men's -58kg elimination round bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Javier SORIANO / AFP)
TOKYO — Team Philippines is down to 18...
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Kurt Barbosa was the first Filipino athlete to bow out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after his Round of 16 opponent and reigning world champion Jang Jun of South Korea lost in the semifinals of the taekwondo men's 58 kg event at the Makuhari Messe Hall on Saturday, July 24.
Mohammed Khalil...
South Korea's Jang Jun (blue) and Philippines' Kurt Bryan Barbosa (red) compete in the taekwondo men's -58kg elimination round bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Javier SORIANO / AFP)
Kurt Barbosa fell to a losing start in the...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo)
TOKYO — The path has been lit for gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Nesthy Petecio and taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa when they make their much-awaited debuts Saturday, July 24, during Day 2 of the XXXII Olympiad.
Team Philippines’...
Kurt Barbosa, Remedy Rule and Luke Gebbie
Kurt Barbosa
KURT BARBOSA
Kurt Barbosa was a prime embodiment of the never-say-die mentality when he became the first Filipino jin to qualify for the Olympics since Tshomlee Go in Beijing 2008. Barbosa overcame a 15-point deficit with just over a...
Kurt Barbosa (second from right, seated) (MB Photo)
TOKYO — Given his own way, taekwondo jin Kurt Bryan Barbosa of Bangued, Abra would probably be draining three-point shots today and then whooping, instead of delivering Olympic-qualifying double roundhouse kicks — and then, well,...
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.
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Hidilyn Diaz and her team
More Filipino delegates are entering the Athletes’ Village with less than a week left before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially fires off on July 23.
As of Sunday afternoon, weightlifter Elreen Ando, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, shooter Jayson Valdez, their...
