A WORD FROM KRD: Tokyo 2020 Closing Credits
57 years after the 1964 first hosting, Tokyo has made it through the 2nd consecuitive hosting. Japan has hosted the Summer games in the capital once and the Winter Olympics (1972 in Sapporo & 1998 in Nagano) twice prior to the 2nd hosting of the olympiad in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Cignal, the country's leading direct-to-home satellite service in the country, which turned 12 this year, witnessed sporting events in all angles. With millions and millions have turned to Cignal and its prepaid counterpart Satlite for news, sports, entertainment, and more; the MVP-owned pay television service, along with telecom giants PLDT and Smart, and Terrestrial broadcasters TV5 Network (TV5 and One Sports) forged with Dentsu, a global content provider and distributor, to bring non-stop olympic coverage to filipino audiences on satellite and terrestrial TV, and on digital platforms via streaming.
The stalled olympics pushed through this year. The campaign for Team Philippines began with 19 athletes, equaled to that of Sydney games 21 years ago. Four boxers, most in the number of athletes. Followed by Three athletes in Golf, while Weightlifting, Athlethics, and Swimming with two athletes each; and one athlete in: Judo, Skateboarding, Rowing, Shooting, Artistic Gymnastics, and Taekwondo.
Aside from the Philippines, two other nations had their historic Gold medals in the Olympics for the 1st time: Bermuda, and Qatar.
Filipinos tuned in to Team Philippines action for the entire two-week duration of the games. One by one, athletes failed. Then, only the best and strongest were prevail. Meet your Pinoy Big Four in Tokyo 2020: Our medalists who performed very well in this quadrennial meet and they deserved them the best. In this month's A Word from KRD, we will pay homage to the athletes in our own little way. Our salute to them.
BRONZE MEDALIST🥉
Eumir Marcial, Boxing (Men's Middleweight, the 1st Bronze for the country since Roel Velasco in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics for the same sport after 29 years, and 1st Men's Boxing medal for PH in 25 years)
-drawn a BYE in Round of 32
-def. Younes Nemouchi, of Algeria in Round of 16- via RSC-I
-def. Arman Darchinyan (niece of Nonito Donaire's former foe Vic Darchinyan) of Armenia in Quarterfinals-via KO
-lost to Khyzhniak, a Ukranian opponent in Semis- SD
SILVER MEDALIST🥈
Nesthy Petecio, Boxing (Women's Featherweight, 1st Filipina to win the medal in Boxing, and 1st Silver Medal for PH since Hidilyn Diaz in Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a significant day in Philippine Amateur Boxing when on August 3, 1996; Mansueto Velasco settled for Silver Medal in the same sport after his loss in the Atlanta games against his opponent)
-def. Matshu, a Congan opponent in Round of 32- UD
-def. Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese-Taipei in Round of 16
(upsetted World No. 1)- SD
-def. Arias, a Colombian opponent in Quarterfinals- UD
-def. Irma Testa of Italy in Semifinals- SD
-lost to Irie Sena of host Japan in the Gold Medal bout
(Petecio-Irie rivalry now stands at 3-1)- UD
SILVER MEDALIST🥈
Carlo Paalam, Boxing (Men's Flyweight)
-def. Irvine, an Irish opponent in Round of 32- SD
-def. Mohammed Flissi of Algeria in Round of 16- UD
-def. Shokobin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in Quarterfinals- SD (upsetted World no. 1 after the fight stopped in Round 2 due to a headbutt, the scorecards of judges determined the winner with one judge tied the scores)
-def. Ryomei Tanaka of host Japan in Semifinals- UD
-lost to Galai Yafal of Great Britain in the Gold Medal bout- SD
GOLD MEDALIST🥇
Hidilyn Diaz, Weightlifting (Women's 55KG, 1st Olympic Record holder for PH in 69 years, 1st Gold Medalist in a non-demo/exhibition sport for PH in history after 97 years in the country's participation at the Summer Games)
-Snatch: 97KG
-Clean & Jerk: 127KG (OR)
-Total lifts: 144KG (OR)
(Second Filipino to win multiple medals after Teofilo Yldefonso in 1928 & 1932 editions who earned Bronze in both of the games in Swimming)
Our BIG respect and congratulations also to the athletes who didn't make it to the podium in these sports disciplines during the olympic run:
-Cris Nievarez (Rowing)
-Elreen Ando (Weightlifting)
-Jayson Valdez (Shooting)
-Margielyn Didal (Skateboarding)
-Kiyomi Watanabe (Judo)
-Kurt Barbosa (Taekwondo)
-Irish Magno (Boxing)
-Kristina Knott (Athletics)
-Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule (Swimming)
-EJ Obiena (Pole Vault)
-Carlos Yulo (Artistic Gymnastics)
-Juvic Pagunsan, Bianca Pagdanganan, and Yuka Saso (Golf)
During the 2-week run of the Olympics in Tokyo, my IG account posted the progress of our Filipino olympian hopefuls and in the end, there were only four in the podium.
Our thanks and big CONGRATULATIONS to the Cignal/TV5 crew who flew to Tokyo to bring the coverage of the games unhampered and uninterrupted thanks to the resources on Free TV, satellite, and digital streaming platforms. To Gretchen Ho, Paolo del Rosario, Sev Sarmenta, Carlo Pamintuan, and the Filipino media crew in Japan (Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN, Mav Gonzales of GMA, Francis Ochoa of PDI, the Samurai reporters of Bombo Radyo Philippines, et.al.), our big salute to them.
Indeed, we saw them STRONGER in the light of this present health crisis. Without these, our moment will be useless. Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together- The new Olympic motto shedding the light of every olympians around the world. Despite the issues concerning each country's situation (including the Refugee Olympic Athletes from different parts of the world, and the ROC athletes in spite of the ban on doping and other issues in Russia), and the pandemic, it is indeed a never-ending story, and a journey for our Philippine Olympic athletes. Our special thanks go out to IOC Execuitive Board Member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, and also to Philippine Olympic Commitee President Bambol Tolentino, and MVP Sports Foundation led by Chairman Manny Pangilinan, and President Ricky Vargas; for making the impossible POSSIBLE. A record-breaking moment: Four medals, exceeding the 1932 output of 3 medals. What a show of support for our country, because of YOU. Through your prayers and cheers, these athletes became stronger than they could ever imagine for.
We at KRD and the Filipino people are one in congratulating our athletes and our BIG FOUR for making it this far, and their stories will not end there.
Sayonara, Tokyo Japan!
Bonjourno, Paris France!
SEE YOU ALL STRONGER IN 2024!
MABUHAY ANG ATLETANG PILIPINO!
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY ALONE!!!
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