Olympics
PHL officials: Poor weather shoves Miller, 32 others, out of competition
YANQING, China—Chef de Mission Bones Floro expects Asa Miller to move on from Sunday morning’s men’s giant slalom disappointment, while fellow Team Philippines official Jim Apelar blamed the weather—not Miller—for the poor results that saw a third of the participants failing to complete their first runs.
For Asian American women, Olympics reveal harsh duality
BEIJING—Across two pandemic Olympics set in Asian countries, Asian American women fronting the Games have encountered a whiplashing duality—prized on the global stage for their medal-winning talent, buffeted by the escalating crisis of racist abuse at home.
Petecio’s condo unit is in Davao City’s Megaworld property
DAVAO CITY – The condominium unit promised to Olympic boxing silver medalist, Nesthy Petecio, is in this city’s property of Megaworld, a town away from her hometown in Davao del Sur.
‘MABUHAY, KABAYAN!’ | Airport personnel find ways to cheer on Olympic medalists as they fly home
EVEN as media teams were strictly prohibited from interviewing the triumphant Olympic medalists, airport personnel thronged the arrival area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Monday afternoon, to cheer on the athletes who gave the Philippines its best performance ever as they were whisked away after returning from Tokyo.
Paalam has no regrets over 1st Olympic knockdown
OLYMPIC SILVER medalist Carlo Paalam had never been knocked down in his entire boxing career except in last Saturday’s defeat to Galal Yafai of Great Britain during the men’s flyweight battle for gold competition at the Tokyo Boxing Summer Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena.
Brazilian Olympic Committee criticizes national soccer team
The Brazilian Olympic Committee will take action against its men’s soccer national team after the players refused to wear the nation’s official Olympic uniform during the medal ceremony at the Tokyo Games on Saturday.
Women send powerful message in Olympic track and field
TOKYO — They set records everyone saw coming and others that surprised the experts.
Serbia tops Greece 13-10 for men’s water polo gold
TOKYO (AP) — Filip Filipovic and Serbia draped the country’s flag over one of the goals at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre. Then they huddled in the water and yelled “Serbia!” in celebration.
Japan has its best Olympic medal haul: 27 gold, 58 overall
TOKYO — Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet spot for the Tokyo Olympics, the way it did for the storied 1964 Games.
Kenya’s Kipchoge dominates, defends Olympic marathon title
SAPPORO — Eliud Kipchoge just decided it was time to sprint away. Simple as that. He never really even looked back.
At 38, Alves helps Brazil to soccer gold by beating Spain
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Soccer’s ultimate winner is still finding time to collect new titles. Dani Alves is an Olympic champion at 38.
US beats Brazil to win 1st Olympic women volleyball gold
TOKYO — Jordan Larson fell to the floor, put her head in her hands and cried after Brazil couldn’t return her spike on match point.
US claims women’s hoops Olympic gold in Bird’s swan song
SAITAMA — Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi walked off the basketball court together, arm-in-arm, one last time at the Tokyo Games.
What more could you ask for?
TOKYO—One gold, two silver and one bronze medals. The best performer among Southeast Asian Games countries.
Tokyo Olympics: Games that didn’t fail?
TOKYO—It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ends with a typhoon and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything.
IOC secures more power to remove sports from Games
TOKYO—The International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave itself more power Sunday to remove sports from the Olympic program.
Can France find next gen talent?
AS France’s men’s basketball team bowed to the United States in the gold medal match of the Tokyo Olympics, Rudy Gobert could not hold back his emotions.