THE 2024 Paris Olympics has begun, and after months of preparation, Filipino athletes are more than ready to go on a historic journey as they commemorate their 100th year of participation in the games.
The Philippines is highly represented at this year’s Summer Games with 22 Filipino athletes competing in a variety of sports including athletics, gymnastics, weightlifting, boxing, fencing, golf, judo, rowing, and swimming.
The Filipino nation is behind these players as motivators, aiming for another historic year and maybe outperforming the country’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
Bambol Tolentino: PH is confident
Before the opening day, the President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, stated that the Filipino athletes are in a different attitude this year, full of confidence.
“We’re all excited. Iba nang level ‘to eh, From training camp, the mood of the athletes, talagang level up lahat. Even yung support,” said Toletino during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum in Manila on Tuesday.
“Ang atin pong training camp, ang kauna-unahang training camp sa isang Olympics. Sila po ay nasa France, at halos nasa peak na ng kanilang pagte-training. Sama-sama na po sila ngayon, and all of them are being taken care of. Nag aantay na lang po tayo.”
Given that the Philippines was able to better prepare for this year’s Olympics with detailed preparations and training camps for the athletes, Tolentino feels that the athletes will outperform their Tokyo performance.
“Ang pinaka-magandang nakikita ko, conservatively and God-willing, we will surpass the Tokyo record,” he said.
“With our preparation, with the condition of our athletes, nag level-up na yung mga training at atleta natin. Sigurado yun, mag de-deliver yung mga atleta natin.”
PH Paris Games schedule
Below are the full and much-awaited respective schedules of the 22-strong Filipino athletes that will conquer the world and bring home the pride and glory to the country:
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Athletics:
EJ Obiena (Men’s – Pole Vault)
Qualification – August 3 – 4:10 PM
Finals – August 6 – 1:00 AM
Lauren Hoffman (Women’s – 400m Hurdles)
Round 1 – August 4 – 6:35 PM
Repechage – August 5 – 4:50 PM
Semifinals – August 7 – 2:07 AM
Finals – August 9 – 3:25 AM
John Cabang Tolentino (Men’s – 110m Hurdles)
Round 1 – August 4 – 5:50 PM
Repechage – August 6 – 4:50 PM
Semifinals – August 8 – 1:05 AM
Finals – August 9 – 3:45 AM
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Gymnastics:
Carlos Yulo (Men’s – Artistic Gymnastics)
All-around qualifications – July 27 – 9:30 PM
Individual all-around Finals – July 31 – 11:30 PM
Floor exercise Finals – August 3 – 9:30 PM
Pommel horse Finals – August 3 – 11:16 PM
Rings Finals – August 4 – 9:00 PM
Vault Finals – August 4 – 10:24 PM
Parallel bars Finals – August 5 – 5:45 PM
Horizontal bars Finals – August 5 – 7:33 PM
Aleah Finnegan, Emma Malabuyo, Levi Jung-Ruivivar (Women’s – Artistic Gymnastics)
All-around qualifications – July 28 – 8:50 PM
Individual all-around Finals – August 2 – 12:15 AM
Vault Finals – August 3 – 10:20 PM
Uneven bars Finals – August 4 – 9:40 PM
Balance beam Finals – August 5 – 6:38 PM
Floor exercise Finals – August 5 – 8:23 PM
Weightlifting:
John Ceniza (Men’s – 61kg)
Finals – August 7 – 9 PM
Elreen Ando (Women’s – 59kg)
Finals – August 8 – 9 PM
Vanessa Sarno (Women’s – 71kg)
Finals – August 10 – 1:30 AM
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Boxing:
Eumir Marcial (Men’s – 80kg)
Round of 32 – July 27 – 11:38 PM
Round of 32 – July 28 – 4:08 AM
Round of 16 – July 30 – 5:48 PM
Round of 16 – July 30 – 10:18 PM
Round of 16 – July 31 – 2:32 AM
Quarterfinals – August 2 – 11:06 PM
Quarterfinals – August 3 – 3:36 AM
Semifinals – August 4 – 6:52 PM, August 4 – 11:22 PM
Finals – August 8 – 4:51 AM
Aira Villegas (Women’s – 50kg)
Round of 32 – July 28 – 6:36 PM
Round of 32 – July 28 – 10:50 PM
Round of 32 – July 29 – 3:04 AM
Round of 16 – August 1 – 5 PM
Round of 16 – August 1 – 9:30 PM
Round of 16 – August 2 – 2 AM
Quarterfinals – August 3 – 10:34 AM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 3:04 AM
Semifinals – August 7 – 4:02 AM
Finals – August 10 – 3:47 AM
Carlo Paalam (Men’s – 57kg)
Round of 32 – July 28 – 5:16 PM
Round of 32 – July 28 – 9:30 PM
Round of 16 – July 31 – 5 PM
Round of 16 – July 31 – 9:30 PM
Round of 16 – August 1 – 2:00 AM
Quarterfinals – August 3 – 9:30 PM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 2:00 AM
Semifinals – August 9 – 3:30 AM
Finals – August 11 – 3:47 AM
Nesthy Petecio (Women’s – 57kg)
Round of 32 – July 30 – 7:08 PM
Round of 32 – July 30 – 11:30 PM
Round of 32 – July 31 – 4:08 AM
Round of 16 – August 2 – 9:30 PM
Round of 16 – August 3 – 2 AM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 5 PM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 9:30 PM
Semifinals – August 8 – 3:30 AM
Finals – August 11 – 3:30 AM
Hergie Bacyadan (Women’s 75kg)
Round of 16 – July 31 – 6:04 PM
Round of 16 – July 31 – 11:06 PM
Round of 16 – August 1 – 3:36 AM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 5:32 PM
Quarterfinals – August 4 – 10:02 PM
Semifinals – August 9 – 4:02 AM
Finals – August 11 – 4:16 AM
Fencing:
Sam Catantan (Women’s -Individual Foil)
Table of 64 – July 28 – 3:30 PM
Table of 32 – July 28 – 4:25 PM
Table of 16 – July 28 – 8:05 PM
Quarterfinals – July 28 – 9:55 PM
Semifinals – July 29 – 1 AM
Bronze Medal match – July 29 – 2:50 AM
Gold Medal match – July 29 – 3:45 AM
Golf:
Bianca Pagdanganan & Dottie Ardina (Women’s – Individual Stroke Play)
Round 1 – August 7 – 3:00 PM
Round 2 – August 8 – 3:00 PM
Round 3 – August 9 – 3:00 PM
Round 4 – August 10 – 3:00 PM
Judo:
Kiyomi Watanabe (Women’s – 63kg)
Eliminations – July 30 – 4 PM
Repechage and medal matches – July 30 – 10 PM
Rowing:
Joanie Delgaco (Women’s – Single Sculls)
Heats – July 27 – 4:12 PM
Repechage – July 28 – 3 PM
E/F Semifinals – July 29 – 3:54 PM
Quarterfinals – July 30 – 3:30 PM
C/D semifinals – July 31 – 4:14 PM
A/B semifinals – August 1 – 3:30 PM
F/E/D Finals – August 2 – 3:42 PM
A/B/C Finals – August 3 – 3:30 PM
Swimming:
Kayla Sanchez (Women’s – 100m Freestyle)
Heats – July 30 – 5 PM
Semifinals – July 31 – 3:25 AM
Finals – August 1 – 2:30 AM
Jarod Hatch (Men’s – 100m Butterfly)
Heats – August 2 – 5 PM
Semifinals – August 3 – 3 AM
Finals – August 4 – 2:30 AM
