The remaining Filipino athletes in contention in the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023 try to advance their medal bids on Wednesday, October 4 in Hangzhou, China.
Gilas Pilipinas looks to seal a place in the final of men’s basketball while Eumir Marcial tries to secure his Paris berth by advancing to the final of men’s boxing.
Asian Games medal tally as of October 4, 11:45pm
Gilas rallies to beat China, advances to Asian Games gold medal game
Gilas Pilipinas’ Justin Brownlee vs China defenders in the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball competition. –POOL PHOTO
Gilas Pilipinas came back from 20 points down to stun host China, 77-76, on Wednesday night to advance to the final of the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament.
The Nationals got to work in the final period behind the heroics of the beloved naturalized forward Justin Brownlee, who hit the go-ahead step-back triple with 24 ticks left at Hangzhou Olympic Centre Gymnasium.
The long route brought Gilas Pilipinas back to Jordan. Game is at 8 p.m., Friday. #AsiansGames | @sonrdINQ
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Asian Games: Men’s 4x400m team resets PH record anew in 5th place finish
Team Philippines after the men’s 4×400-meter final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO
HANGZHOU, China—Another Philippine record got scrubbed off the books.
The country’s men’s 4x400m relay squad of Umajesty Williams, Frederick Ramirez, Joyme Sequita and Miguel Carlo Del Prado reset the national mark in the event anew despite placing fifth on Wednesday night in 19th Asian Games.
They clocked three minutes and 4.89 seconds, eclipsing the previous record they generated the day before (3:06.15). India ruled the race in 3:01.58 while Qatar checked in second in 3:02.05 and Sri Lanka copped the bronze in 3:02.55.
FINAL SCORE: Gilas Pilipinas vs China (Asian Games semifinals)
Justin Brownlee hits a go-ahead three! The Philippines now up 77-76. 23 seconds left! #AsianGames | @sonrdINQ
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Gilas Pilipinas down big against China, 48-30, at the half. #AsianGames | @sonrdINQ
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TEAM PHILIPPINES OCTOBER 4 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
North Korea boxer snatches gold from China in Asian Games rematch
North Korea’s Pang Chol mi celebrates after winning against China’s Chang Yuan in the women’s 50-54kg final boxing match during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 4, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
North Korea’s Pang Chol Mi exacted revenge on China’s Chang Yuan in the Asian Games boxing to win the women’s bantamweight (54kg) gold and silence the home fans on Wednesday.
The pair met in the flyweight (51kg) final at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018 with Chang winning a tight decision.
In a scrappy rematch in Hangzhou it was Pang who did the better work to get a deserved result, even though the judges were split 3-2.
Strife-torn Myanmar wins first medal at Asian Games
Myanmar’s athletes and team officials arrive during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
HANGZHOU, China — Strife-torn Myanmar won its first medal at the Asian Games in China on Wednesday, beating Indonesia to take home gold in men’s sepaktakraw, a popular regional sport also known as kick volleyball.
The Southeast Asian nation took two straight sets from Indonesia in the sport with similarities to volleyball, but played only with the feet, knees, head and chest.
Myanmar has been overwhelmed by violence since the military seized power in February 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Eumir Marcial punches ticket to Paris Olympics, Asian Games boxing final
Philippines Eumir Felix Marcial reacts after defeating Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon during the Boxing Men’s 71-80Kg Semifinal bout for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
HANGZHOU, China—On to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Eumir Marcial drowned in euphoria after knocking out Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon cold on Wednesday at the 19th Asian Games to carve his own path back to the Olympics.
The pride of Zamboanga City unloaded a rock-like right hook halfway through the second round, hitting its target squarely on the jaw and flooring the Syrian for good in a semifinal victory that assured Marcial a trip to the finals of the men’s 80kg division.
Eumir Marcial books Paris berth with 2nd round KO in Asian Games semis
Eumir Marcial is headed to Paris Olympics after entering the final of the Asian Games’ men’s 80kg boxing.
Marcial, the last remaining boxer in contention for the Philippines, scored a 2nd round knockout vs Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon in the semifinal that booked his ticket to the final.
Only the boxing finalists in the Asian Games are given outright spots in the Olympics next year.
Japan sets up North Korea showdown in Asian Games women’s football
Japan’s players celebrate their victory against China after the the women’s semi-final football match between China and Japan during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Reigning champion Japan held off a spirited fightback from host China on Tuesday to set up an Asian Games women’s football final against North Korea.
Japan silenced the partisan crowd in Hangzhou to lead 4-1 at the break and put one foot in the final, as the China players trudged off the pitch into the dressing rooms.
Asian Games: Saudi runner suspended after positive drug test
FILE– Members of Team Saudi Arabia take part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games. (Photo by Luo Yunfei/China News Service/VCG )
HANGZHOU, China–Saudi Arabian distance runner Yousef Mohammed Alasiri tested positive for a banned substance at the Asian Games and has been provisionally suspended, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said.
Alasiri was entered in the men’s 5,000 and 10,000 meters events in Hangzhou but did not start in either race.
The 34-year-old had returned an “adverse analytical finding for the non-specified prohibited substance darbepoetin”, the ITA said.
Brownlee says Gilas up to task of taking down China in Asian Games semis
Gilas Pilipinas in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO
As the Philippines watched its sizeable lead get shredded by Iran’s young guns, Gilas Pilipinas turned to its poise, and—to nobody’s surprise—its indefatigable ace to avoid what would’ve been an unforgivable collapse in the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament.
The ever-reliable Justin Brownlee hit a tough floater with 44 ticks remaining to cap a sensational outing and tow the Nationals past the Iranians, 84-83, for a spot in the continental meet’s Final Four—their first in over two decades.
More than the bronze, Elreen Ando wins confidence back in Paris quest
Elreen Ann Ando becomes Team Philippines’ saving grace in the weightlifting competition of the 19th Asian Games and leaves disappointments in the last big meet behind. –AP
HANGZHOU, CHINA—Sidetracked by a demoralizing meltdown in the continental championships a few months back, Elreen Ann Ando has just rediscovered her confidence—and the road back to the Paris Olympics.
The Tokyo Olympian from Cebu regained her bearings with a bronze medal effort in the 19th Asian Games , a timely confidence boost entering the final stretch of qualification for the quadrennial world showcase in the glitzy fashion capital.
Seeing Asian Games field gives PH lifters target to hit in Olympics
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo has something to smile about despite dropping out of the medal race in weightlifting. —ASIAN GAMES POOL
HANGZHOU, CHINA—After getting a good look at the Chinese lifters they believe will be the ones to beat in the Paris Olympics, Filipino bets will resume work and figure out ways to overcome them.
John Febuar Ceniza narrowly missed the podium in the 19th Asian Games here, running second in the snatch only to falter in the clean and jerk to end up fourth in the men’s 61-kilogram category.
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo measured herself against the best in the women’s 59-kg class where the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist found out that she’s still way behind after finishing a badly beaten fourth.