LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games October 6
The competition in the Hangzhou Asian Games is down to the last three days with more medals at stake on October 6, Friday in Hangzhou, China.
Gilas Pilipinas tries to add one more gold to the Philippines’ haul so far when it battles Jordan in the men’s basketball final at 8pm, while more Filipino athletes make one last push in the continental meet.
Asian Games medal tally as of October 6, 11pm
Gilas wins Asian Games basketball gold, ending 61-year drought
FILE–Gilas Pilipinas in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone asked for one more great effort from his players in the 19th Asian Games. On Friday night, he got a performance that will be talked about for ages.
The Philippines rolled past Jordan, 70-60, to rule the men’s basketball showcase at Hangzhou Olympic Centre Gymnasium in China and deliver the country’s first Asian Games gold in over half a century.
Asian Games men’s basketball final: Gilas Pilipinas vs Jordan
Sure gold for Gilas 64-55 wt 55.4 seconds left pic.twitter.com/i2hHMptvK2
— June Navarro (@junavINQ) October 6, 2023
Gilas pulls ahead by 10, 60-50, after a bucket from Scottie Thompson off his own miss! 4:53 left in the game. #AsianGames | @CFColinaINQ
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) October 6, 2023
Japeth Aguilar’s buzzer-beater puts Gilas ahead by 10, 51-41, at the end of third quarter. #AsianGames | @junavINQ pic.twitter.com/5dXfFXtvCJ
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) October 6, 2023
Aguilar clean-up is good! 51-41 in favor of Gilas Pilipinas heading into the final frame! #AsianGames | @sonrdINQ
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At the half, Gilas and Jordan tied at 31.
Brownlee leads all scorers with 13. Kouame and Newsome with 6 points each for the Philippines.
RHJ has 11 points for Jordan. #AsianGames | @CFColinaINQ
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RHJ forces a Brownlee error, then hits a jumper in the next sequence to make it 23-28. Gilas Pilipinas still ahead. #AsianGames | @sonrdINQ
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Ange Kouame making his presence felt on defense in the gold medal game.
4 steals now for the Philippines. He then hits a jumper in the next sequence to bring the PH lead up to 26-15. #AsianGames | @sonrdINQ
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) October 6, 2023
Justin Brownlee with a 3! Gilas 🇵🇭 with a 17-12 lead to end the first quarter. #AsianGames | @CFColinaINQ
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Gilas takes an 11-5 lead vs Jordan after a three-point play from Chris Newsome with 5:06 in the opening quarter. #AsianGames | @CFColinaINQ
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Jamie Lim crashes out of Asian Games karate quarterfinal
Jamie Christine Lim (left) in the Asian Games karate competition. –POOL PHOTO
HANGZHOU, China—Jamie Christine Lim couldn’t sustain an earlier victory and yielded to a two-time Asian champion from Kazakhstan in the karate competitions of the 19th Asian Games.
The 22-year-old Assel Kanay scored a yuko on Lim for a 1-0 triumph in the women’s kumite -61kg division, ushering the Filipino out of the quarterfinals on Friday at the Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium here.
PH sepak takraw team plucks second bronze in Asian Games
FILE–Philippines’ Jason D. Huerte. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP)
HANGZHOU, China—Make it two bronze medals for the Philippine men’s sepak takraw squad.
Headlined by veterans Jason Huerte and Rheyjey Ortouste, the team failed to hurdle Malaysia after dropping an intense back-and-forth match, 2-0, to settle for another third-place performance in the 19th Asian Games.
Asian Games: PH team winds up fifth in men’s baseball
Philippine men’s baseball team. PHOTO/ Baseball Federation of Asia Facebook
The Philippines rolled past Thailand, 11-1, in eight innings on Friday to secure a fifth place finish in the men’s baseball competitions of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center.
The Filipino batters scored three runs in the bottom half of the first to set things up for a one-sided placement round affair that eventually ended abruptly due to a 10-run mercy rule and produced the best placing by teams that failed to make the super round.
EJ Obiena receives P10M in financial boost after Asian Games gold
EJ Obiena receives financial support for his Paris Olympics 2024 bid during a homecoming with Chiang Kai Shek College. –LANCE AGCAOILI
MANILA, Philippines — EJ Obiena received 10 million pesos from his high school alma mater, Chiang Kai Shek College, to support his campaign in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Fresh from a gold medal finish in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, the World No.2 pole vaulter was welcomed by his high school on Friday and received a check of three million pesos from the school, five million from the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. and one million each from businessmen Anson Tan and Carlos Chan.
Annie Ramirez gives PH its third gold in the Asian Games
Annie Ramirez reacts after winning the gold in women’s jiu-jitsu in the Asian Games. –POC POOL
HANGZHOU, China—Stepping out of the mat in abrasive defeat during the 2018 Asian Games cut a deep wound that left Annie Ramirez sleepless for many nights.
Ramirez removed that ugly scar for good on Thursday by fending off Kazakhstan’s Galina Duvanova in their 57kg gold-medal collision in women’s jiujitsu at the 19th Asian Games.
“I felt really bad after losing in the previous Asian Games that I just couldn’t wait to recover from that defeat. Winning the gold here is sweet redemption for me,’’ said Ramirez in Filipino.
Kaila Napolis salvages jiu-jitsu bronze in Asian Games
HANGZHOU, China—Kaila Napolis salvaged a bronze medal on Thursday after dealing Hessa Alshamsi a piercing 4-2 defeat in women’s ju-jitsu at the 19th Asian Games.
Napolis, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, added the third-place performance to her collection after pulling off a great escape act in their -52kg encounter.
PH bets bow out early in Asian Games freestyle wrestling
FILE–A security official keeps watch during the men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling matches during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 6, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
HANGZHOU, China—Southeast Asian Games gold medalists Ronil Tubog and Alvin Lobreguito absorbed stinging losses on Friday, bowing out early in their opening bouts at the 19th Asian Games wrestling competition here.
First to fall on the mat inside the Lin’an Sports Culture and Exhibition Centre was the 30-year-old Tubog, who got vanquished by India’s Bajrang, 10-0, by technical superiority in the men’s freestyle 65kg division.
Bahrain wins 10th Asian Games gold with first place in marathon
Bahrain’s Eunice Chumba crosses the finish line to win the women’s marathon final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 5, 2023. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP)
HANGZHOU, China — The small island kingdom of Bahrain won its 10th gold medal Thursday at the Asian Games as runner Eunice Chebichii Paul Chumba took first place in the women’s marathon.
Chumba was only a few seconds in front of silver medalist Zhang Deshun at 35 kilometers, but broke away to finish 1 minute, 41 seconds ahead of her in a winning time of 2:26:14.
Sardana Trofimova of Kazakhstan finished third for the bronze.
Asian Games records first doping case involving medalist
FILE–Members of Turkmenistan’s 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)
Turkmenistan’s Tejen Tejenov on Thursday became the first medalist at the Hangzhou Asian Games to fail a doping test, officials said, with a Saudi runner later becoming the sixth athlete in total.
The 30-year-old Tejenov, who came second in the heavyweight 90kg category of kurash, an ancient form of wrestling, tested positive for anabolic steroids, the International Testing Agency said.
He has been provisionally suspended and is in danger of being stripped of his silver medal.
North Korea call themselves ‘world leaders’ after Asian Games weightlifting golds
North Korea’s weightlifting team takes a group photo after the medal ceremony of the women’s 76kg group A weightlifting competition during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
North Korea proclaimed themselves “world leaders” after winning a sixth Asian Games weightlifting gold on Thursday to cap their return to international competition after a four-year absence.
Song Kuk Hyang, last seen at the 2018 Youth Olympics, won the women’s 76kg category in Hangzhou to take North Korea’s total in the sport to six golds, five silvers and two bronze.
They currently top the medals table in weightlifting.
Asian Games: China wins women’s basketball gold in thriller vs Japan
Gold medalist team China celebrate in the podium during the medal ceremony for the women’s final basketball game between Japan and China at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
China women’s basketball coach Zheng Wei said familiarity was the key after the host retained its Asian Games title with a thrilling 74-72 win over old rival Japan on Thursday.
The Chinese took a big early lead and looked to be cruising towards gold in Hangzhou only for Japan to chip away at their advantage and draw level late on.
The packed crowd turned tense as Olympic silver medalists Japan began to turn the screw, but China held their nerve and Wang Siyu sank the winning shot with seconds remaining.
Jenna Kaila Napolis, Annie Ramirez advance in Jiu-jitsu competition
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: Annie Ramirez advances to the quarterfinals after a 2-0 win against Thi Thuong Ie in the Ju-jitsu Women's -57kg in the Round of 16!
Congratulations and good luck, Annie! Isa kang patunay na #BidaAngBayaningManlalaro!#PSCatWork#parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/KzPHAXW2yv
— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) October 6, 2023
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: Jenna Kaila Napolis moves to the Ju-jitsu Women's -52kg semifinals after breezing through the quarterfinals against Korea's Jeonghye Park!
Congratulations and good luck, Kaila! Isa kang patunay na #BidaAngBayaningManlalaro!#PSCatWork#parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/jluQ1uSzb0
— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) October 6, 2023
Gilas looks to exact revenge on Jordan for Asian Games gold
Gilas Pilipinas celebrates semifinal win over China in the 19th Asian Games. –POOL PHOTO
Gilas Pilipinas tries to give this basketball-crazed country its first Asian Games gold medal in 61 years in its rematch with Jordan on Friday night. And national coach Tim Cone believes that do-it-all ace Justin Brownlee will again be up to the task.
The conditions, after all, call for it.
“I really only have one message for him and that is to be aggressive,” Cone told the Inquirer when asked of Brownlee on the eve of the match at Hangzhou Olympic Centre in China. “If anything, it’s the fans that motivate him and keep him confident. They treat him special so he feels he has to play special.”
Meggie Ochoa plays through fever, hip pain to claim second gold for Team PH
Asian Games – Hangzhou 2022 – Ju-jitsu – Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium JJI, Hangzhou, China – October 5, 2023 Gold medallist Philippines’ Margarita Ochoa poses during the medal ceremony for the Women’s 48Kg REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
HANGZHOU, China–Hands down the most decorated Filipino in her sport, no amount of harm can force Meggie Ochoa to quit.
But after striking gold in the 19th Asian Games here, the seasoned grappler takes a step back from the mat to ponder on her athletic future.
“For now, I would rather pay more attention to my recovery before I think of any competitions within the year,’’ said Ochoa, who subdued current world champion Balqees Abdulla of the United Arab Emirates in the -48kg final of women’s jiu jitsu on Thursday that gifted the Philippines its second gold medal.
Impressive Asian Games stint PH tracksters’ fuel to Paris
EJ Obiena clears 5.90 meters for a new Asiad mark before cooling his heels for a couple of months and resuming Paris quest. —AFP PHOTOS
HANGZHOU, CHINA—One gold medal, two new Philippine records and eight finals appearances for medal shots.
Taking 15 athletes to the 19th Asian Games (Asiad) here, PH athletics certainly did more than represent the country well, with EJ Obiena giving the Filipinos their first gold with a meet record-smashing performance in the pole vault.
And the overall record is giving the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association leadership a lot of hope that more bets will qualify for Paris next year, as the numbers at the conclusion of the athletics tournament here at the colossal 80,000-seat Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium suggest just that.
Philcycling backs Ariana Evangelista after failed doping test at Asian Games
FILE–Ariana Evangelista–PHILCYCLING PHOTO
Philcycling (Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines) on Thursday expressed its full backing of Ariana Evangelista after the female mountain biker failed a doping test during the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The country’s cycling federation said in a statement that it was “unfortunate” that Evangelista was handed a provisional suspension after she tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), a banned performance-enhancing substance.
