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Weightlifter and airwoman Hidilyn Diaz earned the admiration of the military after she bagged the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal (women’s 55kg) in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday night (PST), July 26.

Malacañang was elated as Filipino Olympian Hidilyn Diaz captured the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, July 26.

A USA team led by 11-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant was beaten by France in a huge Olympic basketball upset on Sunday.

Shooter Jayson Valdez failed to enter for the medal round after finishing 44th in the men’s 10-meter air rifle qualification of the Tokyo Olympics.

Irish Magno made easy work of Kenyan foe Christine Ongare, handily scoring a unanimous decision win at the women’s flyweight boxing Round of 32 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Kokugikan Arena in Japan Sunday, July 25.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy.

TOKYO — Fil-Am Remedy Rule, a marine biology graduate at University of Texas at Austin, will seek a place in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly event as the swimming competition in the XXXII Olympiad creates a big splash Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.

Margielyn Didal gets to experience what it feels like skating at the Ariake Urban Sports Park, the skateboarding venue for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in Japan.

TOKYO — Let it not be said that Cebuana Elreen Ando never lifted a finger to gain entry to the Olympic Games which starts on July 23, Friday.

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, whooping.

PH Olympian profiles: Medal hopefuls from boxing, skateboarding star Didal and top judoka Watanabe

EJ OBIENA (athletics)

An official from the Philippine delegation to the Tokyo Olympics has tested positive for COVID-19 a week before the opening rites of the Games.

The silver medalist weightlifter talks about her preparation for the coming Summer Olympics, her mission for the country, and being a ‘mandirigma’ in the modern world

Olympic-bound skateboarder Margielyn Didal considers consistency as key for the successful execution of her tricks when she faces the top contenders in the Tokyo Games next month.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a giant shadow on the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games.  With less than a month left, anxiety over the possibility that foreign athletes and journalists could be carriers of the emerging deadly Delta variant has been added to the hosts’ long list of concerns.

The government’s pandemic task force has green-lit the bubble-type training of Filipino athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year.

Let the Games begin!