LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games September 26
The competition continues in the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023 on Tuesday, September 26 in Hangzhou, China.
The Philippines has 396 athletes from 40 sports in this year’s Asian Games.
Some of those seeing action for Team Philippines on Tuesday are Tokyo Olympian Margie Didal in skateboarding, the Philippine fencing bets, swimming medal hope Kayla Sanchez, tennis star Alex Eala and Gilas Pilipinas in men’s basketball.
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PH Blu Girls, eyeing first Asian Games medal, blast Thais
PH Blu Girls.–CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Philippine Blu Girls rolled to an 11-0 romp of Thailand in just four innings on Tuesday for a winning start to their bid for a breakthrough medal finish in women’s softball competitions of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Leaning on five runs in the first inning and limiting Thailand to just two hits, the Blu Girls were able to win the contest that was abbreviated due to a seven-run mercy rule at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Center.
Racket-smashing South Korean Kwon sorry for Asian Games meltdown
FILE – South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo returns the ball to Serbia’s Laslo Djere during the group stage men’s singles match between Serbia and South Korea of the Davis Cup tennis tournament at the Fuente San Luis Sports Hall in Valencia on September 12, 2023. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)
Thailand’s lower-ranked Kasidit Samrej stunned Kwon 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the men’s singles second round in Hangzhou on Monday, triggering a furious response from the 25-year-old South Korean.
Asian Games: 3 Filipino wushu bets assured of bronze medals
FILE – Philippines’ Arnel Mandal (blue) throws down Indonesia’s Pratama Laksamana Pandu (red) during the men’s Sanda 52 kg category in the Wushu competition final in the 30th Southeast Asian Games.– INQUIRER PHOTO/ Sherwin Vardeleon
Arnel Mandal and Gideon Fred Padua gave Team Philippines a pair of virtual bronze medals in wushu on Tuesday night in men’s sanda at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre here in the 19th Asian Games.
Clemente Tabugara Jr. later made it three assured bronzes after downing Kazakhstan’s Abdusamat Ashirov, 2-0, in the men’s 65kg.
China wins Asian Games’ first-ever eSports gold
Gold medalists Xu Bicheng, Sun Linwei, Luo Siyuan, Lin Heng, Jiang Tao, Chi Xiaoming attend the medal ceremony for the “Arena of Valor” Asian Games version final match during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Host China on Tuesday won the Asian Games’ first-ever gold in eSports in a landmark for gaming, beating Malaysia 2-0 in the smartphone game Arena of Valor.
Asian Games: Kayla Sanchez misses medal despite new national mark
Kayla Sanchez competes in the women’s 50m backstroke at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL PHOTO
Sanchez touched the wall at fifth in 54.69 seconds, surpassing the 54.70 clocking she earlier posted in the qualifying heats.
Gilas Women to bank on speed, shooting in Asian Games debut
FILE – The Philippines’ Jack Animam at the Fiba Women’s Asia Cup in Australia. Photo from Fiba
History beckons for the Gilas Pilipinas Women when they make their long-awaited debut in the Asian Games on Wednesday.
Looking to give Gilas Women a rude welcome on the continental stage is Kazakhstan, a perennial contender that made the quarterfinal in the last two stagings, in their 5:30 p.m. clash at SX Olympic Stadium.
Asian Games: Filipinas still have chance but fate not in their hands
Filipinas.–PFF PHOTO
A stinging 5-1 defeat in the hands of South Korea last Monday is not the end of the road for the Philippine women’s football team in the 19th Asian Games here.
With an even 1-1 record following a 3-1 victory over Hong Kong and the huge loss to the 2018 Asian Games bronze medalists, the Filipinas still remain in contention.
Carlo Paalam off to strong start in Asian Games
Carlo Paalam after his opening win at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.–JUNE NAVARRO/INQUIRER.net
Carlo Paalam smartly evaded a much taller rival in Jordan’s Mohammad Jajeh Abu and threw accurate hits that mattered to rule his opening bout at the 19th Asian Games.
The Tokyo Olympics boxing silver medalist received the approval from the judges after three rounds in a unanimous 5-0 victory in the men’s 57kg round of 32 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium here.
Gilas whips Bahrain to start Asian Games medal bid
Gilas Pilipinas forward Justin Brownlee shoots against Bahrain in the Asian Games men’s basketball competition.–ASIAN GAMES POOL
Gilas Pilipinas broke away early and played with sustained brilliance on Tuesday to crush Bahrain, 89-61, for a swashbuckling start in the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China.
Justin Brownlee got going right from the jump, his do-it-all play resulting in 20 points and 10 rebounds that went with three assists and three steals.
Alex Eala clinches quarterfinal slot at Asian Games
Alex Eala competes at the Asian Games.–ASIAN GAMES POOL
Alex Eala marched to the quarterfinals of women’s singles in tennis at the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday.
Seeded fourth in the tournament, Eala subdued India’s Rutuja Sampatrao Bhosale, 7-6 (5), 6-2, in nearly two hours of fierce exchange at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Tennis Court here.
Asian Games: PH judokas’ woes continue
FILE – The Philippines’ Kiyomi Watanabe competes during the women’s judo -63 kg in the 30th SEA Games. INQUIRER PHOTO/ Sherwin Vardeleon
The 27-year-old Gimena fell prey to Khuslen Otgonbayar of Mongolia via ippon in the Round of 16 of the women’s -78-kilogram class while the 26-year-old Aseneta surrendered to Won Jonghoon of South Korea also via ippon in the Round of 16 of the men’s -100-kg event.
Asian Games: Kayla Sanchez makes 100m free final in record fashion
Philippines’ Kayla Sanchez competes in the heats of women’s 100m freestyle event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 26, 2023. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Kayla Sanchez broke the national record and emerged fastest in her heat to earn a spot in the evening medal race of the women’s 100-meter freestyle on Tuesday in the 19th Asian Games.
Sanchez touched the wall first in 54.70 seconds at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Arena, easily beating Japan’s Nagisa Ikemoto (55.02) and South Korea’s Soeun Jeong (56.33) in the second of four qualifying heats.
Asian Games: Margielyn Didal advances to skateboarding final
FILE – Philippines’ Margielyn Arda Didal competes in the skateboarding women’s street final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP)
The event’s defending champion registered 41.53 points on her second run and made the eight-competitor cut among nine skaters.
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Wushu artist Jones Inso gives PH second bronze in Asian Games
Jones Inso’s effort pays off with an Asian Games bronze medal. (FILE PHOTO)
Jones Inso got a share of the limelight in wushu men’s taijiquan-taijijian all-around on Monday, generating another bronze medal for the Philippines in the 19th Asian Games (Asiad) where one medal bet suffered an unexpected loss in the pool but vowed to bounce back.
The 26-year-old veteran taolu specialist Inso clinched the podium spot behind China’s Gao Haonan and Hong Kong’s Hui Tak Yan with a combined effort of 9.746 points in the taijiquan event and 9.470 in the taijijian discipline.
Perez, Tolentino run it back as Gilas starts campaign
A rejuvenated CJ Perez could play a key role for Gilas. —FIBA PHOTO
CJ Perez barely saw action in the Fiba World Cup, but the spitfire guard hardly sees that as a reason not to heed another call from the Gilas Pilipinas program.
One of four late PBA standouts tapped by interim management as contingency measures for the 19th Asian Games, Perez cut short his vacation to join the training squad during its short camp at Inspire Sports Academy in Laguna.
Entering quarterfinals, Marcial has concerns over foe he once dominated
Eumir Marcial at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL PHOTO
HANGZHOU, CHINA—Prized pug Eumir Marcial sets out on a clear mission on his farewell Olympic bid with the path toward that goal anything but easy.
As Marcial goes deeper into his 19th Asian Games (Asiad) campaign where success means an automatic qualification next year for the Paris Olympics, the veteran knows that the road to the glitzy fashion capital for the summer Games will get bumpier.
The Tokyo Olympics middleweight bronze medalist, forced to fight in a heavier weight at 80 kilograms here, has to get Vietnam’s Nguyen Manh Cuong out of the way in their quarterfinals duel on Tuesday at Hangzhou Gymnasium.
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