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Tokyo Olympics: EJ Obiena gets much love from netizens in men's final performance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 11:18 PM

Netizens showered Filipino athlete EJ Obiena with much love despite failing to make a podium finish in the men's pole vault in the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday night.  Read more »

LIST: 5 Korean stars who could have been Olympians

South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 03 10:00 PM

Did you know that five Korean would-be Olympians embarked on very different career paths instead?  Read more »

TINGNAN: Coffee at leaf art tribute para kay Olympic silver medalist Nesthy Petecio

Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo
Posted at Aug 03 09:45 PM

Iba’t ibang artworks ang ginawa ng Bayan Patrollers para bigyang papuri ang pagkapanalo ng silver medal ni Nesthy Petecio sa Tokyo Olympics nitong Martes.    Read more »

5 cows and a house: Indonesia shows its love as shuttlers bag Olympic gold

Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 09:37 PM

JAKARTA - Five cows, a meatball restaurant, and a new house. Those are just some of the prizes promised to Indonesian badminton gold medalists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu when they return home from Tokyo.   Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: Will China beat Japan (and the US) at their own Games?

Jonathan White, South China Morning Posta
Posted at Aug 03 09:22 PM

Shocks for Naomi Osaka, Kento Momota and Chinese volleyball champions join COVID-19 in making medal predictions impossible. While rival athletes show friendship, Japanese medalists are targeted on Chinese social media as Tokyo 2020 spills beyond sport. Read more »

Obiena fails to get podium finish in Tokyo Olympics pole vault

Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 09:19 PM

EJ Obiena of the Philippines in action during the men's pole vault final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read more »

'Laban Pilipinas!' VP Robredo thanks PH Olympians for bringing Filipinos together

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 08:20 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday expressed her gratitude and support to Filipino athletes competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, hours after the Philippines got another medal. Read more »

Taiwan's Olympic medals revive debate over use of 'Chinese Taipei'

Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 08:17 PM

TAIPEI - After Taiwan beat China in the badminton men's doubles final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday, gold medalist Wang Chi-Lin made a Facebook comment that cast a spotlight on a contentious debate on the Chinese-claimed island: "I'm from Taiwan". Read more »

Olympics: Pole-vaulter Obiena crashes out of medal race

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 11:55 PM

(UPDATED) Despite overcoming 5.55 meters and 5.70m, Obiena could not clear 5.80m after three attempts on Tuesday night.  Read more »

Mga namili ng 'Miraculous Medal' na isinuot ni Hidilyn sa Olympics dumami

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 08:36 PM

Nagsilbing inspirasyon para sa marami ang pananampalataya ni Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz sa Birheng Maria.  Read more »

Nesthy Petecio, mag-uuwi ng silver medal mula sa Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 07:03 PM

Nakamit ni Nesthy Petecio ang kauna-unahang boxing medal ng isang Pinay sa Olympics.  Read more »

Olympics: Guan wins gold, Biles returns to claim balance beam bronze

Steve Keating, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 06:35 PM

Simone Biles made a fearless return to competition on Tuesday, capping a tumultuous Tokyo Games with a bronze medal on the balance beam. Read more »

IOC launches formal probe into Belarus's handling of Olympic runner

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 03 06:11 PM

The International Olympic Committee launched Tuesday a formal probe into the case of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian athlete who was pulled from the Tokyo Olympics over the weekend by her team and has been offered asylum in Poland. Read more »

No losers here

Luis Robayo, AFP
Posted at Aug 03 05:44 PM

Winner Sena Irie (blue) of Japan and second-placer Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines celebrate after their women's feather (54-57kg) boxing final bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read more »

Hidilyn Diaz to Nesthy Petecio: Para sa puso ko, ikaw ang panalo

Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 05:37 PM

While Petecio felt the need to apologize for not taking the gold, millions of Filipinos rallied behind her to assure the athlete that she made the country proud -- including the Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz.  Read more »

'Panalo si Nesthy': Family believes Petecio beat Japanese foe

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 05:10 PM

It was like a mini-reunion on a Tuesday for the Petecio family and their relatives in the town of Santa Cruz in Davao del Sur, as they watched together the biggest fight of their own Olympian, 29-year-old Nesthy Petecio.   Read more »

Nesthy Petecio still determined to chase Olympic gold

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 07:01 PM

Moments after accepting her silver medal, Nesthy Petecio had already shifted her attention to her next goal. Read more »

Biles trains on beam ahead of Olympics return

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 04:50 PM

US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles came through a training session smoothly on the beam ahead of her eagerly awaited return to the Olympics on Tuesday. Read more »

US wary of Australian threat in women's basketball quarters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 04:14 PM

The United States are wary of a "formidable" Australia after the Opals staged a great escape to book a quarter-final showdown with their arch-rivals in the women's Olympic basketball tournament. Read more »

Missing Belarus activist found hanged in Ukraine: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 04:05 PM

A missing Belarusian activist has been found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, police said on Tuesday, adding they had opened a murder probe. Read more »