The Philippines ends the 2024 Olympics with two gold medals from gymnast Carlos Yulo and one bronze medal each from boxers Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas
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Filipino athletes Elreen Ando, Carlo Paalam, John Cabang Tolentino, and EJ Obiena won gold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Graphics claiming that the four Filipinos won gold at the 2024 Olympics were posted on Facebook from August 2 to 7 by a page with almost 200,000 followers and 18,000 likes.
As of writing, the posts regarding the gold medals supposedly won by Ando, Paalam, Tolentino, and Obiena have garnered a total of 27,632 reactions, 5,933 comments, and 648 shares. Contrary to the claim, the four athletes did not win gold medals in their respective sporting events at the Paris Olympics. in the Tokyo Games three years ago, lost his chance to win another Olympic medal after a split decision loss to Australian Charlie Senior in the men’s boxing 57kg quarterfinals.
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