Diaz, Chinese coach part ways

Glendale G. Rosal 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez believes that they may have a hard time getting the services again of Chinese weightlifting coach Gao Kaiwen, the head coach of Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn…

Tony Hawk says he gets Margielyn Didal’s pun in her post during her Olympic stint

Immae Lachica 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebuana skateboarder Margielyn Didal made her Olympic debut last week and shared a photo with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. Didal who is known to be perky and a comedienne gave her fans something to…

Shot at gold: Nesthy Petecio barges into Olympics boxing final

Mark Giongco - Reporter 07/31/2021

  MANILA, Philippines–Nesthy Petecio is one win away from delivering the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal in boxing. Facing a much taller opponent anew, Petecio cut down Irma Testa to size to march into the gold medal…

Hayco to put up weightlifting gym in Ando’s home barangay

Glendale G. Rosal 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Elreen Ando’s dream to become an Olympic weightlifter started when she enlisted along with hundreds of other kids in a grassroots training program initiated by the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC). Now that…

Diaz gets P5M more from PSC

Dale Rosal 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) provided an additional P5-million cash incentive for the country’s first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz.  Diaz, who bagged the country’s historic gold medal in the women’s -55 kilogram category of…

Ando finishes 7th in women’s weightlifting in Tokyo

Glendale G. Rosal 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana weightlifter Elreen Anne Ando capped off her Olympics debut with a promising seventh-place finish in the women’s -64kg division weightlifting competition at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday evening.…

Petecio fights Colombian in crucial q’final match

Dale Rosal 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—After Hidilyn Diaz won for the Philippines its first Olympic gold medal, the stakes got higher for the remaining Filipino athletes vying in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. One of the remaining contenders is…

PH personalities send love to PH’s first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz

Immae Lachica 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— July 26, 2021. A historic date for the Philippines. This is the day the Philippines earned its first Olympic gold medal, all thanks to weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz. Together with Diaz is a nation that…

Cebuana weightlifter Ando to start quest for Olympic glory tomorrow

Glendale G. Rosal 07/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After skateboarding sensation Margielyn Didal completed her stint at seventh place in the Tokyo Olympics, another homegrown Cebuana, Elreen Anne Ando, will take the centerstage —this time in the women’s weighlifting competition that…

Nesthy Petecio topples top-ranked foe, nears Tokyo Olympics medal

Francis T.J. Ochoa 07/26/2021

TOKYO–Nesthy Petecio moved a win away from securing a medal in the Tokyo Olympics here. Petecio advanced to the women’s featherweight quarterfinals after taking down top-ranked Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese Taipei Monday, July 26, 2021, at Kokugikan…

Cebu’s Margielyn Didal finishes 7th in street skate as Tokyo Olympics bid ends

Bong Lozada 07/26/2021

MANILA, Philippines—Cebuana Margielyn Didal finished seventh out of eight skaters in the final of the women’s skateboarding street event of her maiden Olympics campaign in Tokyo on Monday, July 26, 2021. Fighting through an apparent ankle sprain,…

Despite falling short, Cebuana skateboarder Didal wins hearts of netizens

Immae Lachica 07/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebuana skateboarder Margeilyn Didal may not have won a medal after placing seventh in the street discipline of skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics, but she surely gained a lot more fans with her perky attitude all…

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