PHI2019

United States comes back from 13 points down at the end of the third quarter to win the semifinal against Serbia 95-91!

Serbia leading the United States 54-43 at the half

Sad enough for the Indians that Chopra had to settle for second place. But the worst part is that he was beaten by a Pakistani Nadeem

SYDNEY

Official communication from Paris 2024 re disqualification of Vinesh https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_C67_WREWFS50KG------------------------2.pdf

Here’s my rough translation of what he said in Tagalog. ‘My message to you, mom, is for us to heal, and move on. I forgave you a long time ago. I pray that you are all safe and in good health always. ‘Let us stop this and let us celebrate the achievements and sacrifice of our athletes at the Paris Olympics.’ the gymnast added. Meanwhile, Carlos’ father Mark Andrew Yulo…. ‘In God’s will, when Carlos returns, we will fix all this. This issue has been blown up by his bashers for a long time now. A long time now.’ He told One Balita Pilipinas before. ’This thing can be fixed. We can talk this over. This is not a big problem.’ Mark added. I’m not that good translating Tagalog into English but I hope this helps.

In the aftermath of Carlos Yulo’s double gold medals at the Paris Games, the issues concerning his relationship with his family has spilled over into the open. https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2024/08/06/281076/carlos-yulo-asks-mom-heal-move-on-addresses-family-issues/

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Double gold medals for the Canadian hammer throwers!

The start list for the women’s pole vault final. First time I’ve seen 20 athletes taking part in a field event final https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C51G2_ATHWPLEVAULT----------FNL-000100--.pdf

EJ Obiena fourth in the men’s pole vault losing to Karalis for the bronze medal on fewer misses. Best Philippine finish in Olympic track and field since 1936.

Spoke too soon. The official reports has 20 athletes making the pole vault final

There’s a nine way tie for 12th place in women’s pole vault qualifying

I think they’re going to have a jump off for the 12th spot

Happy to see Yulo win Olympic gold after all that happened last year. And the local press might also try to make a big deal out of the fact that bronze medal winner Jake Jarman’s mother is also from the Philippines.

I think this might be the first time in Olympic history there will be a ninth team in a swimming final

Our Canadian import Kayla Sanchez qualifies for the semifinals of the women’s 100 freestyle in joint 10th place in a national record of 53.67.

I’ve followed many multi event competitions but this is the first time I’ve seen a site down for maintenance while competition is ongoing

Exempted from military service after winning team gold at the 2018 Asian Games

Third gold medal for Hong Kong at the Olympics after Lee Lai Shan in 1996 and Cheung Ka Long in 2020

The next two Summer Games will be kinder to us here in Southeast Asia. Los Angeles at night is morning in Manila while Brisbane is just ahead of us by two hours

That’s still far better than us here in Southeast Asia where the main events take place between 12 midnight to 4 am.

Charles Coste. Winner of the gold medal in the team pursuit at London 1948

This brings back memories of the 1996 Olympics on Philippine television. One round of boxing followed by nine minutes of commercials before the next round

And I thought my ears were playing tricks on me