Tag: Olympics

Japan has ‘no plans to send govt officials’ to Beijing Olympics

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan has “no plans to send government officials” to February’s Beijing Olympics, Tokyo said Friday, after the US and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts over rights concerns. Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee head Yasuhiro Yamashita will attend the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital, top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said. The United States, Britain, Australia and Canada this month announced diplomatic boycotts of the Games over what […]

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NHL players will not compete at Beijing Olympics: reports

National Hockey League players will not compete in February’s Beijing Winter Olympics in the wake of 50 NHL games being postponed over Covid-19 issues, according to multiple reports Tuesday. ESPN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and other newspapers cited unnamed sources in saying the league and the NHL Players Association had reached agreement not to send talent to China. Without the NHL’s elite millionaire stars, national teams at the Olympics will likely resemble […]

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Human cost of China’s green energy rush ahead of Winter Olympics

by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France-Presse BAODING, China (AFP) – Beaten, forced off their land, cheated out of money, and even falsely imprisoned — farmers in China say they are paying a heavy price as authorities rush to deliver on ambitious pledges to ramp up national green energy output. China has vowed the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 will be the first Games to be run entirely on wind and solar energy, and have built scores of […]

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Pres. Duterte honors Tokyo Olympic athletes, also gives P500k reward to 1996 Olympic silver medalist Velasco

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte honored all the Filipino athletes who brought pride to the country in the recent Tokyo Olympics where the Philippines brought home its biggest Olympic medal haul Among those who were honored in Malacanang on Monday, Aug. 24, were weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who brought the country’s first ever Olympic gold, boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam who brought home two Olympic silver medals, and another Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial who […]

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Pres. Duterte to award “Order of Lapu-Lapu” to medalists, pres’l citation to all PH Olympians

Duterte gives add’l cash rewards for medalists; other Tokyo athletes to get P200k   (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte awarded additional cash incentives to all the Filipino athletes who competed in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, and said that the Olympic medalists would also be receiving the “Order of Lapu-Lapu” for bringing honor to the country. In his virtual meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, with the four Filipino boxers who represented the country in […]

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‘Most challenging’ Tokyo Olympics declared closed

by Talek HARRIS Agence France Presse The Tokyo 2020 Games were declared closed by IOC chief Thomas Bach on Sunday, ending the “most challenging Olympic journey” after a year’s pandemic delay and threats of cancellation. Bach called them “unprecedented Olympic Games” as he addressed the 68,000-seat Olympic Stadium, which was bereft of fans as Japan battles to contain a record coronavirus outbreak. “In these difficult times we are all living through, you give the world […]

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Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo’s Olympics

The pandemic affected almost every part of Tokyo’s Olympics, forcing a historic postponement, the banning of almost all spectators, and ending the dreams of more than a few athletes. As the Games wrap up, AFP looks at some questions and answers about how virus concerns played out during the pandemic Olympics. How many cases were there? From July 1 to Sunday, the final day of the Games, Tokyo 2020 says it identified 430 positive cases […]

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Britain’s Yafai wins flyweight boxing gold, Ukrainian KO’d by Brazil’s Sousa in middleweight

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Britain’s Galal Yafai defeated Carlo Paalam to win the Olympic flyweight title on Saturday, denying the Philippines a first boxing gold medal in the country’s history. The men’s middleweight final produced a shock as Ukrainian top seed Oleksandr Khyzhniak was knocked out in the third round of his bout by Brazil’s Hebert Sousa. The 28-year-old Yafai, a former car-factory worker, won on split points in an enthralling contest against Paalam […]

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PHL gets 2nd Olympic silver with Paalam’s fight; PHL gets biggest Olympic medal haul at 4

      (Eagle News) — Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam won the country’s second Olympic silver in the Tokyo Olympics after a split decision win by Great Britain’s Galal Yafai in the men’s flyweight division. Yafai, 28, started strong in the first round that he won the first round after he was able to knock down the 23-year old Paalam. It was a very close fight in the next two rounds, as Paalam tried to […]

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Marcial secures Olympic bronze for PHL as Paalam keeps hope alive for another gold

  (Eagle News) – Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial gave the country its Olympic bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics after his fight in the men’s middleweight division with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak. With Marcial’s bronze, the Philippines now has three medals – 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze – at the Tokyo Olympics. A fourth medal is assured for the country as fellow boxer Carlos Paalam advanced to the finals after an earlier win over […]

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Hidilyn Diaz confident that PHL athletes can double medal haul in 2024 Paris Olympics

Vows to continue to represent PHL in sports events as long as she could     (Eagle News) – Filipino Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz is confident that the Philippines would get more medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics because more Filipino athletes would be inspired to strive more and enter the world competition. Diaz, who had won the country’s first Olympic gold medal, said that she is confident in the ability of the […]

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PHL golfers Saso, Pagdanganan compete at start of Tokyo Olympics women’s golf

  (Eagle News)– Two Filipina golfers are competing at the start of the rounds for the women’s golf tournament in the Tokyo Olympics today, Wednesday, Aug. 4. The two golfers are Yuka Saso who won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women’s individual and women’s team event in Asian Games golf competitions, and team mate Bianca Pagdanganan,a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games who won a bronze in the women’s […]

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