SCHEDULE: Team Philippines at Paris Olympics 2024 July 30
Philippine Time
- 3:30 pm – Joanie Delgaco (rowing) quarterfinals
- 4pm – Kiyomi Watanabe (judo) round of 32
- 6:39pm – Kayla Sanchez (swimming) 100m freestyle heats
- 11:54pm – Nesthy Petecio (boxing) round of 32
FULL PHILIPPINE TEAM SCHEDULE HERE.
“SI NESTHY, HINDI NANGINGILALA ‘YAN” 🇵🇭
Nesthy Petecio's coach, Reynaldo Galido, shared their game plan after defeating India's Jaismine Lamboria in the Round of 32, emphasizing their readiness to face any opponent. #OSOnTheSpot #Paris2024 #100TaongLaban #ParaSaBayan pic.twitter.com/8oH89hJ8ni
— One Sports (@OneSportsPHL) July 30, 2024
Nesthy Petecio advances to boxing round-of-16 with dominant win
Team Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio toyed with Indian rival Jaismine in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s 57-kilogram boxing tournament at past midnight Wednesday (Manila time), coasting in the final round to save something for her next bout.
Petecio advanced to the round-of-16, where she will face hometown bet and No. 3 seed Amina Zidani, who drew a bye in the opening round. FULL STORY
Nesthy Petecio toyed with Indian rival Jaismine in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s 57-kilogram boxing tournament at past midnight Wednesday (PH time), coasting in the final round to save something for her next bout. | via @ftjochoaINQ
READ: https://t.co/yMKuQycY3e pic.twitter.com/nvAUrOBjj5
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) July 30, 2024
NESTHY IS IN!
Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio shuts out Indian foe and advances to the round of 16. #Paris2024 | via @ftjochoaINQ pic.twitter.com/bZOIiawAXG
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) July 30, 2024
Nesthy Petecio now mixing it up with India's Jaismine for the women's 57kg round-of-32 bout. #Paris2024 | via @ftjochoaINQ pic.twitter.com/bIR3vpTXCN
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) July 30, 2024
Paris Olympics: Kayla Sanchez secures spot in 100m freestyle semifinal
MANILA, Philippines—Kayla Sanchez served as a beacon of light for Team Philippines at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Just hours after Filipino rower Joanie Delgaco and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe bowed out of the medal race, Sanchez advanced to the women’s 100m freestyle semifinal on Tuesday at Paris La Defense Arena. FULL STORY
Paris Olympics: Quick exit anew for Kiyomi Watanabe
MANILA, Philippines—China’s Tang Jing quickly repulsed any hopes for a Team Philippines medal finish in the women’s judo competition at the Paris Olympics 2024.
In the women’s -63kg elimination round of 32, Tang quickly disposed of Filipino bet Kiyomi Watanabe with an ippon at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Tuesday afternoon (Manila time). FULL STORY
Paris Olympics 2024 medal tally as of 6pm, July 30
Another early Olympic exit for Kiyomi Watanabe
Jing Tang scores an ippon. That quickly ends Kiyomi Watanabe’s medal hunt at the 3:09 mark of their match. #PARIS2024 #Olympics #INQOlympics @INQUIRERSports
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
Paris Olympics: Joanie Delgaco out of medal race
MANILA, Philippines—Team Philippines rower Joanie Delgaco struggled to keep up with the rest of the field as her medal campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 came to an end on Tuesday (Manila time).
Delgaco crossed the finish line last with a time of 7:58.30, which was 24 seconds slower than the last semifinal qualifier at Nautica St – Flat Water. FULL STORY
NO REST FOR THE WEARY 🇵🇭
After Delgaco’s rowing race, immediately up next for Team Philippines is Kiyomi Watanabe, who will compete in the women’s -63kg judo Round of 32. #Olympics #Paris2024 #INQOlympics @INQUIRERSports
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
Joanie Delgaco's campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 ends
FINAL: Joanie Delgaco ends her #Olympics #Paris2024 medal bid in women’s single sculls rowing after bouncing out of the event’s quarterfinal. She placed sixth in her quarters races. @INQUIRERSports #INQOlympics
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
1000m in, Delgaco loses steam and is currently the last in the heat. @INQUIRERSports
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
GAME TIME FOR JOANIE
Joanie Delgaco is minutes away from Quarterfinals 3 in the women’s single sculls rowing event. She is in lane six.
She needs to finish in the Top 3 to advance. #Olympics #Paris2024 #INQOlympics @INQUIRERSports
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
Team Philippines’ quest to Olympic greatness continues this afternoon. 🇵🇭
In 10 minutes, Joanie Delgaco will compete in the women’s single sculls quarterfinals.
At 4pm, Kiyomi Watanabe begins her medal bid in the women’s judo event. @INQUIRERSports
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) July 30, 2024
Paris Olympics Medal tally as of July 30, 7:30am
Japan continues to top the #Paris2024 medal tally as of 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, with six golds, two silvers and four bronzes.
Paris Olympics: Delgaco's next race could mean more than just spot in semifinals
Joanie Delgaco may be a very long shot to land a medal in rowing competition of the Paris Olympics, but how she performs in the quarterfinals of the women’s sculls on Tuesday could very well determine how far her career will go.
World Rowing coaching director Gianni Postiglione will be closely watching the Filipino ace, who could be offered an Olympic solidarity movement scholarship after Delgaco impressed a lot of international coaches in topping the repechage at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium to make the final 24. FULL STORY
Paris Olympics: Aira Villegas gives PH boxing team start it needs
The core of the crack Philippine boxing delegation plunges into action in the Paris Olympics on Tuesday with Games first-timer Aira Villegas getting the team off on the right foot with a swashbuckling conquest of a Moroccan foe in the opening round of the women’s 50-kilogram division.
Villegas scored a 5-0 win over Yasmine Mouttaki at North Paris Arena in France on Monday, giving the rest of the team the jumpstart it needs as Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial climb the same ring looking to better performances that fell just short of the gold medal in Tokyo 2020.
The 28-year-old Villegas, who became emotional after the win, will be clashing with Algerian fighter Roumaysa Boualam, the second-seed, on Friday at 2 a.m. FULL STORY
Eumir Marcial meets ‘idol’ Golovkin at Paris Olympics
MANILA, Philippines—Eumir Marcial has yet to make his debut at the Paris Olympics 2024 but he already felt like a winner days before his opening bout.
Marcial on Monday ticked off an item on his bucket list after meeting one of his boxing heroes in former pound-for-pound king Gennady Golovkin at the Olympic Village in France.
“Look who I bumped into at the Olympic Village. The legendary and one of my favorite boxers in the history of the world of boxing,” Marcial wrote on his Instagram. FULL STORY