The Philippines is sending a 20-athlete delegation to the 2023 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, with the goal of winning their first-ever Winter Olympics medal.
Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham \u0022Bambol\u0022 Tolentino is determined to extend the dream—and accomplishment—to the Winter Olympics . \u201cWe\u2019ve already accomplished the dream in the Summer Olympics—three gold medals in consecutive games,\u201d said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham \u0022Bambol\u0022 Tolentino on New Year\u2019s Day Wednesday. \u201cAnd that dream we want to also achieve in the Winter Olympics .
\u201d A total of 20 athletes are competing in the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games that China is hosting for the third time from February 7 to 14 in the winter resort city of Harbin. And the mission, Tolentino stressed, is to the stage for a first-ever Winter Olympics medal for the Philippines.Curling, now one of the most-watched winter sports discipline, will have the most number of athletes in Harbin with 10 athletes—Marc Angelo Pfister, Enrico Gabriel Pfister, Christian Patrick Haller, Alan Beat Frei, Jessica Pfister, Benjo Delarmente, Kathleen Dubberstein, Leilani Dubberstein, Sheila Mariano and Anne Marie Bonache. The Curling Winter Sports of the Philippines was established late last year to organize the discipline\u2019s ranks with the new group joining Philippine Skating Union and Philippine Ski and Snowboarding Association in the POC roster. The other members of Team Philippines managed by chef de mission Richard Lim are Paolo Borromeo, Aleksandr Korovin, Cathryn Limketkai, Isabella Marie Gamez and Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank in figure skating; Francis Ceccarelli and Talullah Proulx in Alpine skiing; Laetaz Amihan Rabe in freestyle skiing; Peter Joseph Groseclose in short track speed skating and Adrian Tongco in snowboarding. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo won the Philippines\u2019 first Summer Olympics gold medal in Tokyo 2020 and gymnast Carlos Yulo captured two gold medals in Paris 2024, both under Tolentino\u2019s watch at the PO
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