MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines hopes to win its first medal in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 31, as gymnast Carlos Yulo headlines a jam-packed day for the 22-strong delegation.
Here is Team Philippines schedule (Manila time):
- 3:04 am – Eumir Marcial | boxing, men’s 80kg, round of 16
- 3:33 am – Kayla Sanchez | swimming, women’s 100m freestyle, semifinals
- 4:14 pm – Joanie Delgaco | rowing, women’s single sculls, semifinals C/D
- 6:04 pm – Hergie Bacyadan | boxing, women’s 75kg, round of 16
- 9:30 pm – Carlo Paalam | boxing, men’s 57kg, round of 16
- 11:30 pm – Carlos Yulo | artistic gymnastics, men’s all-around, final
Sanchez exits Olympics
Kayla Sanchez bows out of the Olympics as she misses the top-eight cutoff for the final of the women’s 100m freestyle.
Sanchez finishes 15th out of the 16 semifinalists with a time of 54.21 seconds, unable to replicate her record-breaking performance in the heats where she set a new Philippine record of 53.67.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey records the best time of 52.64.
Shock exit for Marcial
Eumir Marcial, one of the Philippines’ top medal bets, suffers a shock exit after a unanimous decision loss to Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev in the round of 16 of the men’s 80kg.
The scores are 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the 20-year-old Uzbek.
Marcial, 28, bids goodbye to his goal of winning another Olympic medal after bagging bronze in the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Preview
Looking to take advantage of the first of his three medal chances, Yulo shoots for the stars in the men’s artistic gymnastics all-around final.
Yulo, who will also vie for medals in floor exercise and vault over the weekend, advanced to the all-around final by placing ninth in the qualification.
Three of the Philippines’ boxing bets open their respective bids as Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam, and Hergie Bacyadan eye spots in the quarterfinals.
Marcial faces Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev in the men’s 80kg, Paalam battles Ireland’s Jude Gallagher in the men’s 57kg, while Bacyadan takes on China’s Li Qian in the women’s 75kg.
In swimming, Kayla Sanchez seeks to stay in the hunt as she competes in the semifinals of the women’s 100m freestyle, needing a top-eight finish to advance to the finals.
Rower Joanie Delgaco resumes her campaign for a better ranking when she sees action in the semifinals C/D of the women’s single sculls. – Rappler.com