PHI2019

And the discus final has started

With the discus final delayed, the World Athletics website is showing the medal ceremonies for the women’s 800 meters

That used to be the rule. But now they don’t break ties anymore so both Brooks and Johnson Thompson share the bronze medal

Agree. For a while there, I thought the Philippines had won the game. Making the round of 16 would have been a big boost for the men’s game. Here in the Philippines, it’s the women’s professional and college leagues that attract the crowds and the sponsors.

Iran defeats the Philippines in five sets and advance to the round of 16

A pleasant surprise!

The South Korean men and women’s compound teams topped the qualification round but were knocked out of competition early - the men by Slovenia in the quarterfinals and the women by El Salvador in the round of 16.

Spain loses to Greece 90-86 and are knocked out of Eurobasket 2025 at the group stage. That loss to Georgia on the first day didn’t help.

Italian Olympians Benedetta Pilato And Tarantino Stopped in Singapore Over Alleged Theft https://swimswam.com/italian-olympians-benedetta-pilato-and-tarantino-stopped-in-singapore-over-alleged-theft/

Bad day at the office Sarah Mitton stripped of Diamond League Trophy after winning throw disqualified https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/field/sarah-mitton-diamond-league-final-august-27-1.7618836

The course for the canoe sprint competition is 500 meters long. https://aichi-sc.jp/sportscamp-e/pdf/Miyoshi_Lake_Canoe_Race_Course.pdf Why the host don’t just host both rowing and canoe sprint at the same venue is a mystery. The course for rowing was used for the 2005 world championships and can also be used for canoe sprint. https://aichi-sc.jp/sportscamp-e/pdf/Nagaragawa_International_Regatta_Course.pdf

Vanessa Sarno Weightlifting. Banned for two years for three whereabouts failures. https://ita.sport/news/the-ita-reports-that-weightlifter-vanessa-sarno-accepted-a-2-year-sanction-for-three-whereabouts-failures/

Alex Eala of the Philippines defeats 14th seed Clara Tauson of Denmark in the first round to become the first from her country to win a Grand Slam singles match in the Open Era https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzs0qaQJ6I

Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền withdraws from Vietnamese team ahead of Women’s World Championship https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/nguyen-thi-bich-tuyen-withdraws-from-vietnam-ahead-of-womens-world-championship/344917 Fallout from what happened to the Vietnamese team at the Under-21 World Championships for Women.

This is a mystery for me too. I’ve always wondered myself why they have to include events for age group athletes when there’s always the Asian Youth Games. But this thing has happened in past Games. This could be attempt to give younger sailors more exposure in the sport.

List of the 14 Sailing events at the 2026 Asian Games Men’s Skiff - 49er Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7 Men’s Windsurfing- iQFoil Women’s Skiff - 49er FX Women’s Dinghy - ILCA6 Women’s Windsurfing- iQFoil Mixed Dinghy - 470 Boy’s Skiff - 29er (Youth) Boy’s Dinghy - ILCA4 (Juniors) Boy’s Windsurfing - iQFoil (Youth) Girl’s Skiff -29er (Youth) Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4 (Juniors) Girl’s Windsurfing- iQFoil (Youth) Mixed Dinghy - 420 (Youth) https://www.asiansailing.org/sailing-events-asian-games-2026/

Why was the fifth place match in women’s hockey between Canada and Mexico cancelled? Found the reason: Bad Weather.

Olympic finalist Rachid Muratake improved the Japanese 110m hurdles record to 12.92 (0.6m/s), achieving the second-fastest time of the season at the Athlete Night Games in Fukui on Saturday (16). Making a statement as his nation prepares to host the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13-21 September, the 23-year-old Asian champion launched himself to joint 11th on the world all-time list. Only USA’s Cordell Tinch, with his world lead of 12.87 from May, has gone faster this year. Breaking 13 seconds for the first time, Muratake is now the sole Japanese record-holder, having previously shared the national record of 13.04 with Shunsuke Izumiya. That means he now sits alone at second on the Asian all-time list, behind only Liu Xiang of China, who clocked the Asian record of 12.88 in 2006. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/rachid-muratake-japanese-110m-hurdles-record-fukui

Some news on the secret sports program of the 2026 Asian Games 😄 https://www.anocolympic.org/olympic-movement/oca-executive-board-approves-sports-programme-for-20th-asian-games-in-aichi-nagoya/

My 30-year-old world record 'not a good sign for athletics' - Edwards https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c9qyw3842xgo

I’m happy they were able to keep the score line close.

Sha'Carri Richardson arrested in alleged domestic violence incident, police say https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/08/01/shacarri-richardson-arrested/85483029007/ The incident is with Christian Coleman.

I stumbled upon this earlier today while looking for the results of the championships. Is this what you’re looking for? https://russwimming.ru/upload/iblock/dd8/w67wgle2udoud46hrw9ns57rvnor0o44/2025_07_02_EA-Junior-Scampionships.pdf

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will run the 400 meters at the USATF Championships instead of the 400 meters hurdles. https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-sets-her-sights-on-new-event-at-world-championships/

World Aquatics Championships: 25 swimmers fail to finish open water race amid afternoon heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEW_XPhuABw