Balik-tanaw sa 2018 Asian Games
Balik-tanaw sa 2018 Asian Games
Transcript
00:00 After the pandemic, Asian Games will be back this year in Hangzhou, China from September 24 to October 8.
00:10 We will look back at the campaign of the Philippine team in the quadrennial meet in Indonesia in 2018.
00:17 Daryl will explain in detail. Rise and shine, Daryl!
00:24 Four gold, two silver, and 15 bronze. The Philippine team will receive a total of 21 medals in the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
00:36 The first to become the first Philippine Olympic gold medalist, Heidelin Dias Naranjo, will lead the national squad after winning the Brenna Manong Ginto of the country in weightlifting.
00:47 This year, the target of the Samboanga native, Dias Naranjo, is to win a gold medal in Asian Games in his fight for the under 59kg category.
00:57 There is a big gap for the Philippines to transfer 22-year-old golfer Yuka Saso to Japan, who will be remembered for winning two gold medals in the last quadrennial meet.
01:07 The Philippine skateboarder Marjeline Didal will also return this year, who won the first gold medal in the Asian Games.
01:17 Compared to the 272 athletes who played in 31 sports in 2018,
01:22 Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham "Bambol" Torentino confirmed at the Philippine Sports Writers Association Forum in May that almost 400 athletes will be the laughingstock of the country in Hangzhou, China, which is far from breaking the medal output of the Philippines in Indonesia.
01:38 "I'm sure we can surpass that. I don't want to say that yet. I'm sure we can surpass that. Only two people can compete in that. Weightlifting and boxing are still hidden. The flavor of wrestling, judo and others will be different."
01:56 Among the heavyweights who are expected to win medals for the Philippines are the world's second-ranked pole vaulter EJ Oviena, two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Kaila Sanchez, and Philippine tennis prodigy Alex Iala.
02:10 Alex Iala.
02:11 Gary Loclares, Rise and Shine, Philippines.