The Philippines has replicated its four gold medal-finish in the 2018 Asian Games in this year’s Hangzhou meet.
The country’s journey in the 19th Asiad has come to an end after karateka Junna Tsukii bowed out of the women’s kumite -50 kilogram division Sunday.Chonn finished the match victorious after garnering three yukos compared to Tsukii’s two.
The Philippines also brought home four gold medals and two silver medals in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.“The 19th Asian Games have been an incredible display of talent and determination from our Filipino athletes,” PSC chairman Richard Bachmann said in a statement. In the eyes of POC president Abraham Tolentino, the victory in men’s basketball “is worth a thousand golds.”
Basketball great Yao Ming branded China’s team “slackers” and warned they will struggle to qualify for future Olympics because of the “huge gap” with the world’s best. Ben Griffin produced another bogey-free round on Saturday to stretch his lead to three strokes over Carl Yuan at the US PGA...
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