Halos 400 Pinoy athletes, maglalaro sa 2023 Asian Games

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00:00 After a break due to the pandemic,

00:02 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China is all set to start on September 24.

00:08 But before that, let's take a look at the Philippine team's campaign

00:12 for the College Union Meet in Indonesia in 2018.

00:15 Here's Daryl O'Claret.

00:17 Four gold, two silver, and 15 bronze.

00:23 The Philippine team won 21 medals in total

00:27 in the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

00:31 The team was led by the first Philippine Olympic gold medalist,

00:35 Hidelyn Díaz Naranjo,

00:37 who led the national squad after winning the national gold medal in weightlifting.

00:42 This year, the target of the Samboanga native, Díaz Naranjo,

00:46 who will win the gold medal in the Asian Games

00:48 in his fight for the under-59kg category.

00:52 The 22-year-old golfer, Yuka Saso, will be moving to the Philippines

00:58 as the two-time gold medalist in the last edition of the College Union Meet.

01:03 The Filipino skateboarder, Morgelyn Didal,

01:07 will also return this year to the Asian Games

01:10 as the first gold medalist in the national skateboarding category.

01:13 Compared to the 272 athletes who played in 31 sports in 2018,

01:18 the Philippine Olympic Committee President, Abraham "Bambol" Torentino,

01:23 confirmed at the Philippine Sports Writers Association Forum in May

01:26 that almost 400 athletes will be the laughingstock of the country in Hangzhou, China,

01:30 which is far from breaking the medal output of the Philippines in Indonesia.

01:34 I'm sure we can surpass that.

01:36 I don't want to say that, but I'm sure we can surpass that.

01:39 Only two people can compete in that.

01:41 There's still weightlifting, boxing,

01:47 and the taste of wrestling, judo, and others will change.

01:52 Among the athletes who are expected to win medals for the Philippines

01:57 are the world's second-ranked pole vaulter, EJ Obiena,

02:01 two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, Kaila Sanchez,

02:04 and Filipino tennis prodigy, Alex Iala.

02:06 Tari Long Clares for the nation.