Tag: Asian
Bahrain wins 10th Asian Games gold with first place in marathon
Bahrain’s Eunice Chumba crosses the finish line to win the women’s marathon final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 5, 2023. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) HANGZHOU, China — The small island kingdom of Bahrain won its 10th gold medal Thursday at the Asian…
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Philcycling backs Ariana Evangelista after failed doping test at Asian Games
FILE–Ariana Evangelista–PHILCYCLING PHOTO Philcycling (Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines) on Thursday expressed its full backing of Ariana Evangelista after the female mountain biker failed a doping test during the Hangzhou Asian Games. The country’s cycling federation said in a statement that it was “unfortunate” that Evangelista was handed a provisional suspension after she tested…
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LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games October 5
Several Filipino athletes are just beginning their campaign in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday, October 5 as the competition in Hangzhou, China winds out to its last four days. Representatives in karate and jiu-jitsu open their respective bids while Eumir Marcial tries to deliver Philippine boxing’s first gold medal in these year’s Games in…
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Eumir Marcial KOs Syrian foe to earn Asian Games gold medal shot
Philippines Eumir Felix Marcial in blue comfort Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon after defeating him in the Boxing Men’s 71-80Kg Semifinal bout for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Eumir Marcial isn’t in a hurry to jump into a mega-buck fight anytime soon. He has the Paris Olympics to…
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Asian Games: Men’s 4x400m team resets PH record anew in 5th place finish
Team Philippines after the men’s 4×400-meter final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China—Another Philippine record got scrubbed off the books. The country’s men’s 4x400m relay squad of Umajesty Williams, Frederick Ramirez, Joyme Sequita and Miguel Carlo Del Prado reset the national mark in the event anew despite placing fifth…
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Gilas rallies to beat China, advances to Asian Games gold medal match
FILE–Gilas Pilipinas’ Justin Brownlee. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Gilas Pilipinas came back from 20 points down to stun host China, 77-76, on Wednesday night to advance to the final of the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament. The Nationals got to work in the final period behind the heroics of the beloved naturalized forward Justin Brownlee, who…
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Strife-torn Myanmar wins first medal at Asian Games
Myanmar’s athletes and team officials arrive during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) HANGZHOU, China — Strife-torn Myanmar won its first medal at the Asian Games in China on Wednesday, beating Indonesia to take home gold in men’s sepaktakraw, a popular regional sport…
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Seeing Asian Games field gives PH lifters target to hit in Olympics
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo has something to smile about despite dropping out of the medal race in weightlifting. —ASIAN GAMES POOL HANGZHOU, CHINA—After getting a good look at the Chinese lifters they believe will be the ones to beat in the Paris Olympics, Filipino bets will resume work and figure out ways to overcome them. John Febuar…
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Brownlee says Gilas up to task of taking down China in Asian Games semis
Gilas Pilipinas in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO As the Philippines watched its sizeable lead get shredded by Iran’s young guns, Gilas Pilipinas turned to its poise, and—to nobody’s surprise—its indefatigable ace to avoid what would’ve been an unforgivable collapse in the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament. The ever-reliable Justin…
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Carlo Paalam ends Asian Games medal bid with loss to Uzbek foe
Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan, right, and Carlo Paalam of Philippines, left, compete during men’s 51-57Kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) HANGZHOU, China—World champion Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan possessed the length and dexterity Carlo Paalam found too challenging to handle. Exploiting his…
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