PHI2019

4 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

First time in ages that I’ve seen a multi-sports games hold Diving and Swimming on the same day and at the same venue. Only other case that comes to mind is the 2018 CAC Games, and maybe the 2017 SEA Games.

Up until the 1980 Summer Olympics, they used to hold swimming and diving simultaneously at the same venue.

Singapore wins the first two gold medals in the debut of underwater hockey

SEA Games: Singapore win first two golds in underwater hockey debut, Sport News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

The swimming competition has finally begun.

37 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

And the web mistakenly awarded medals in wushu, whereas the event is a two-day event

Forgive them for they know not what they do.

The Games website has been practically inaccessible the whole day. And a complete list of results are hard to come by.

24 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

 Will top the medal table easily. 

 

So many martial events. Take Arnis for example just fighting like children. So many body weight categories upon that light stroke, heavy stroke, double stroke bull shit  . No one will doubt the judgement. Phillipines will win almost all golds in such events. 

They included Arnis with 20 events and Dance Sport with 13 events so that the host country can jack up their medal haul. It’s the usual trick the host country pulls at the Southeast Asian Games.

The Philippines win their first medals of the Games with a 1-2 finish in the men’s triathlon.

7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Toggle is broadcasting in Singapore. PTV losing the host broadcast rights was a huge scandal in

Actually PTV not winning the rights here wasn’t a big deal. They haven’t really covered sports in recent years and there’s nothing worth watching on that channel anyway except for the daily lottery draws. We’ll probably be able to watch the Games here on four sports channels - two belonging to TV5 and two belonging to ABS-CBN

6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

These games are a disaster.

These Games will really be a disaster if the President comes late to the opening ceremonies and/or delivers a rambling speech to the athletes before he declares the Games open.

5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I thought I read that, but GMA is the only who’s been offering the streaming internationally so far (at least on YouTube (the best video platform)). Do you know of any other channels besides 5, ABS-CBN, and GMA offering live coverage and replays? The official YouTube is supposed to start offering live-streams starting with the opening ceremony tonight I believe.

I watched the live swimming competitions at the last two Southeast Asian Games on a Singapore Youtube channel. Don't know if it will still be available this year

20 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@Griff88 @PHI2019 @Fly_like_a_don I’d look at the GMA News YouTube channel (and website) every once in a while. According to the website, they plan to stream various sports throughout the games. 

The Games are being broadcast on all our major TV channels. For maximum exposure I guess

And the Philippines will win their first medal in men’s water polo since 2011. If they defeat Malaysia on the last day of competition, they’ll win the silver medal ahead of Singapore

1 hour ago, Griff88 said:

Isn't that just making people angrier?

I don't think they sold a lot of tickets. So there aren't going to be a lot of angry people. But you have to feel for the fans who made an effort to buy tickets. They were told to consider the money they paid as a "contribution"

Tickets for the majority of the 56 sports at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games will now be free for the public. The exception is in the sports of basketball, football and volleyball when the Philippine team is playing. People who have bought tickets earlier to the other 53 sports will not be reimbursed.

Upon Duterte’s orders, SEA Games tickets now free to the public

You have to feel sorry for the people who bought tickets early. They got screwed.

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Nothing against Philippines hosting the games by the way. I put all the blame on a terrible and most likely corrupt organizing committee.

Agree. For me, the problem lies with the organizing committee being headed by a politician looking to use it as a springboard to further his political ambitions. What makes things worse is the committee's failure to seek advice from the people who worked on the Games the last time they were held in the country in 2005. They also refused to seek assistance from other government departments or the public sector.

I wasn't sure about this yesterday but this news article confirms that Singapore's loss to Indonesia in men's water polo yesterday was their first ever defeat in the event at the Southeast Asian Games.

Water polo: Singapore men's team suffers first loss in SEA Games history in Indonesia defeat - CNA

Singapore's men's water polo team lost to Indonesia 7-5 earlier today. Their winning streak of 27 consecutive titles in the sport dating back to 1965 looks set to end tomorrow the 29th.

SEA Games: Champions since 1965, Singapore's water polo team in danger of losing gold, Sport News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

21 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Cricket should have been held. Most of these SEA nations are doing well in the sport. Thailand are qualified for WC. Malaysia can qualify for U19 Women's World Cup in 2021 along with Thailand depending on how ICC does qualifications. Even Philippines finished 2nd in Men's EAP qualifier with PNG winning and qualifying for global qualifiers ,later qualifying for WC 2020 T20.

Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand pushed for cricket's inclusion but got turned down. Maybe the Philippine Olympic Committee just didn't think it worthwhile to include the sport

8 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

In fairness the organizers, they tried to fix the situation immediately and apologized to all the teams. I think  has attempted more than they realistically should have for these games. It’s been a logistical nightmare. However, every venue I’ve seen has been done up nicely for the games, and is functioning at full ability. In the end, I think the organizers will get away with bad planning, but they’ll need to clean up their act if they want to host again. 

The Philippines shouldn't have a problem hosting the Games again. The selection of the host is rotated among the 11 participating NOCs so the Philippines will play host again in 14-16 years time

2 hours ago, Griff88 said:

This account below is worth to patrol since the admin seems to be a Filipino, might be easier to find such streams

 

https://twitter.com/sea_sports_news

Thanks. Makes following the Games a lot easier

8 hours ago, Griff88 said:

 

Actually there is, have to click each sports for detailed stuff: https://rs.2019seagames.com/RS2019/Polo

Thanks. I didn't see it the last time. Maybe I was trying to find the results on the official site.

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

There isn't any result system?

There is a results page but there's nothing on it. Not even the results of today's polo matches

?? vs ?? for third place and second Asian spot to the Olympic qualifying tournament

I was hoping ATOS would handle the results system as they were one of the first batch of sponsors for this year’s Games. But then, the organisers decided to rebid the contract for technical services in August. So we ended up with the same group from two years ago 

4 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It’s under the schedule tab (or at least it was). You can find it at that link too. 

 

Also welcome to forum! Always nice to gain a new member. By your username, I would imagine you’re very excited for these games 

Thanks. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same results system they've been using since 2009 (with the exception of 2015 when the Singaporeans used ATOS). And I'm afraid I'm not too excited for these Games. Too many sports and too many events for me.