Tag: Games
Jamie Lim crashes out of Asian Games karate quarterfinal
Jamie Christine Lim (left) in the Asian Games karate competition. –POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China—Jamie Christine Lim couldn’t sustain an earlier victory and yielded to a two-time Asian champion from Kazakhstan in the karate competitions of the 19th Asian Games. The 22-year-old Assel Kanay scored a yuko on Lim for a 1-0 triumph in the women’s…
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Chris Newsome blessed with Asian Games gold after missed World Cup chance
Chris Newsome holds up his gold medal after Gilas Pilipinas won the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –JUNE NAVARRO/INQUIRER One of the final cuts from the Fiba World Cup roster, Chris Newsome turned in a performance to remember on Friday night as Gilas Pilipinas clinched its first Asian Games basketball gold in a long…
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Gilas beats Jordan to win Asian Games basketball gold
Gilas Pilipinas members celebrate with their gold medals after defeating Jordan in their men’s basketball gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone asked for one more great effort from his players in the 19th Asian Games. On Friday night,…
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Asian Games records first doping case involving medalist
FILE–Members of Turkmenistan’s delegation take part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP) Turkmenistan’s Tejen Tejenov on Thursday became the first medalist at the Hangzhou…
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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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