LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games Opening Day
The Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023 officially opens on September 23 in Hangzhou, China.
The Philippines is sending a delegation of 396 athletes from 40 sports who will try to bring success to the country in the pandemic-delayed continental meet that will run from September 23 to October 8.
The opening ceremonies will be held at Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium. Tokyo Olympians EJ Obiena and Margielyn Didal will serve as the Philippines’ flag bearers for the rites.
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Asian Games: PH taekwondo eyes medal windfall like in Doha 2006
Should luck and the judges’ admiration come to their aid, poomsae aces Jocel Lyn Ninobla and King Patrick Perez might well be the first Filipinos on the medal stand of the 19th Asian Games.
Both of them Southeast Asian Games champions early this year, Perez is No. 4 in the rankings of the men’s individual poomsae while Ninobla, a former world champion, could easily get past the initial round when competitions begin Sunday.
Obiena, Didal lead PH parade as Asian Games officially open
Members of Philippines’ delegation take part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP)
Postponed for a year chiefly due to the pandemic, the delay that hit the 19th Asian Games was worth the wait and made incredibly stunning by the lavish and space-age opening ceremony on Saturday night.
Shortly after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, a festival of lights immediately took over and a dazzling visual show featuring splendid cultural attractions and the best China could offer.
Alex Eala faces tough road to Asian Games podium
FILE – Alex Eala during the W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz. Photo from Alex Eala’s Facebook
Tennis prodigy Alex Eala secured an opening-round bye in women’s singles during the draw on Saturday before the 19th Asian Games officially got off the ground.
The 18-year-old Eala clinched the fourth seeding in the tournament after a series of impressive performances in high-profile meets overseas.
Kayla Sanchez eager to make most of her maiden Asian Games stint
FILE – Kayla Sanchez adjusts her goggles as she prepares to compete in a heat for the women’s 50m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on July 30, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Kayla Noelle Sanchez is out to demonstrate a sprinkling of her billing in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday at the kick-off of aquatic events in the 19th Asian Games.
Though joining two-time Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi, Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Tiea Isabella Salvino and Miranda Renner in the quartet swim comes as an aperitif, Sanchez cutting through water at high speed will quantify if she’s really good as advertised.
Asian Games: Agatha Wong eyes another podium finish
Southeast Asian Games – Wushu – Chroy Changvar Convention Centre Hall A, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 12, 2023 Philippines’ Agatha Chrystenzen Fernandez Wong celebrates winning gold in the women’s Taijijian during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Cindy Liu
Agatha Wong has adapted to juggling her time between training and medical school.
Although both are demanding, Wong prefers not to return home without a medal from the 19th Asian Games.
Asian Games opening ceremony at ‘Big Lotus’
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Gilas’ Asian Games roster woes stay status quo
Gilas Pilipinas huddles after beating Changwon in a tuneup game at PhilSports Arena.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
Less than 24 hours before Gilas Pilipinas’ flight for the 19th Asian Games in China, interim national coach Tim Cone offered no resolution to the manpower woes hounding the program.
“We don’t have anything,” Cone told a pair of reporters shortly after Gilas’ practice at Philsports Arena in Pasig City on a rainy Saturday afternoon, referring to the status of Terrence Romeo, Calvin Abueva, Jason Perkins and Mo Tautuaa.
Hi, Robot: machines take over at China’s Asian Games
This picture taken on September 22, 2023 shows a robot at a bank in the main media centre (MMC) of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice-cream trucks, machines rule the world — at least at China’s Asian Games.
The Games open Saturday after a one-year delay because of COVID-19 with about 12,000 athletes and thousands of journalists, technical officials and spectators descending on Hangzhou.
Xi Jinping to open Asian Games as China targets sporting glory
A sign of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games is pictured from a shop in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Asian Games open at a glittering ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, kickstarting a sporting behemoth that boasts more athletes than the Olympics.
After being delayed by a year due to China’s strict zero-Covid regime, more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations across Asia and the Middle East are in the eastern city to compete in 40 sports.
Asian Games: larger than Olympics with an array of regional and global sports
A staff member cleans an Asian Games sign ahead of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The Asian Games are an attention grabber. For starters, they involve more participants than the Summer Olympics.
Organizers say more than 12,000 will be entered when the opening ceremony takes place Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. This is more than the 10,500 expected for next year’s Paris Olympics.
Obiena, sharing flag duty with Didal, eyes gold as top Asian Games athletics bet
FILE–The Philippines’ EJ Obiena reacts as he competes in the men’s pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
And so it begins.
EJ Obiena, a prime candidate for a gold medal in the pole vault competition, kicks off his national team duties by sharing the flag-bearing task for the Philippine delegation with Margielyn Didal in Saturday’s opening ceremonies of the 19th Asian Games (Asiad) at the cavernous Hangzhou Olympic Centre Stadium here in Hangzhou, China.
Cone sees added ‘little belief’ among Gilas players amid eligibility issues
Gilas Pilipinas huddles after beating Changwon in a tuneup game at PhilSports Arena.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
Gilas Pilipinas triumphed over visiting Changwon LG Sakers on Friday night, pocketing some sort of a morale boost ahead of the 19th Asian Games.
The Philippines held off the Korean Basketball League semifinalists in Justin Brownlee’s first-ever competitive game since a procedure to clear his left ankle of bone spurs, and at a time when the basketball leaders hold their breath over the eligibility of four of its original picks for the final roster.
POC pins Asian Games bid on men this time
Asian Games-bound Filipino athletes during the sendoff on Monday. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
HANGZHOU, China—Women power was at the heart of a magnificent Philippine finish back in the 2018 Asian Games (Asiad) in Indonesia.
It would be nice if Filipino male athletes could earn their share of the spotlight this time.
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol’ Tolentino reiterated on Friday his goal of at least matching the four-gold haul from four years ago—only this time, he hopes the men will come to save the day.
PH shooters target Paris Olympics, elusive Asian Games podium
FILE – Jayson Valdez during the men’s 10m air rifle competition at Asaka Shooting range. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
HANGZHOU, China—While a medal in the 19th Asian Games could stand out as a highlight in their resume, the country’s sharpshooters won’t veer away from the ultimate dream of boarding a flight next year to the Paris Olympics.
Olympians Jayson Valdez, Paul Bryan Rosario and Eric Ang will keep their eye on the prize as the Philippine national shooting team seeks to end its dearth of medals in the continental scene.
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