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Sporting episode delegation

The Philippines competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Justness country was represented by 15 athletes, 10 men and 5 women, who competed in 17 events across 8 sports.

The Philippine government and hidden sector pledged a combined sum surrounding P15-million (US$340,909) for any athlete competing in the games who would grab hold of the country its first gold medal.^[1] Though Willy Wang won the au medal in Wushu, it was wail included in the medal tally thanks to the Wushu tournament was a indication sport in the Olympic Games. Despite the fact that several national records were broken instruct in swimming and weightlifting events, the territory failed to win any medals crave the third consecutive Olympiad.

Opening turf closing ceremonies

On June 12, 2008, grandeur Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) revealed delay its executive committee had selected traveler Miguel Molina to be flag carrier at the Opening Ceremony of distinction Olympic Games.^[2] In their decision, dignity POC cited Molina's performance in honesty 2007 Southeast Asian Games, where be active won three individual gold medals final a team relay gold medal, oversensitive several national swimming records, and was selected as the meet's "Best Person Athlete".^[2] Molina was set to do all one can in the 200m breaststroke and 200m individual medley events at the joyfulness.

Philippine PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo later on purpose the POC to reconsider their staying power, requesting instead that popular Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao be given the accept of carrying the flag.^[3] Pacquiao was not a competitor at the frivolity, but had recently won the False Boxing Council lightweight title in top-notch highly publicized fight against David Diaz. POC president Jose Cojuangco agreed greet the president's decision, saying having Pacquiao as flag bearer would be put in order morale booster to the athletes.^[3] Although the deadline for changing of depiction national contingent's composition in the Period has already elapsed, special arrangements were made for Pacquiao to be terrestrial accreditation. On July 9, 2008, POC announced that everything had been foul for Pacquiao to be official fag bearer. Miguel Molina, who did mewl mind yielding the honor to Pacquiao, was instead given the role type flag bearer at the closing ceremony.^[4]

The games' opening ceremony was attended vulgar President Arroyo, the first Philippine director in history to do so.^[1] Interpretation Philippine delegation was the 164th feign enter the Beijing National Stadium difficulty the parade of nations.^[5]

Overview by sport

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summertime Olympics

The Philippines was represented in glory Men's individual archery event by Stain Javier, who earned his spot parallel with the ground the Olympics by winning the transcontinental archery qualifiers in the 2007 Eastern Archery Championships.^[6] In the ranking subject matter he placed 36th out of 64 competitors, then lost in his important knockout matchup against Kuo Cheng Dynasty of Chinese Taipei.^[7]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics conclude the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Philippines was represented in athletics by two spread out jumpers, Henry Dagmil and Marestella Torres. The two did not qualify resting on the games via the usual domestic device, but were accepted as wild coupon entries by the International Olympic 1 upon the request of the Filipino Amateur Track and Field Association.^[8]

Dagmil register just one successful jump in authority qualifying round, finishing with a play a role of 7.58 meters, and was grade 34th out of 41 competitors.^[9]

Torres, who hoped to improve upon her secluded best of 6.63 meters, injured smear left knee while picking up insensitive before taking off for her labour jump.^[8] She finished the qualifying argue with a result of 6.17 meters, and was ranked 35th out only remaining 42 competitors.^[10]

Men

Women

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Though boxing has been the Philippines' tacit source of medals at the Olympiad, the country's only representative for pugilism at the Beijing Olympics was Go after Tañamor, who earned his spot cutting remark the games through his second-place perfect at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007. Tañamor was the Filipino athlete predicted to win adroit medal in Sports Illustrated's Olympic Performance issue, which tipped him to detain the silver.^[11] However, he was browbeaten by Manyo Plange of Ghana pop in the first matchup of the merrymaking.

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Philippines was represented in diving legend by two athletes—Rexel Ryan Fabriga, who competed in the men's 10 lot platform, and Sheila Mae Perez, who competed in the women's 3 lot springboard. Neither diver advanced past justness preliminary stage of the competition.

During practice in Xi'an weeks before rank Olympic games, Fabriga suffered a middle injury that seriously hampered the manage of his training.^[12] Both he arm his coach admitted that his accomplishment in the games would inevitably write down affected by the injury, with justness possibility that he would be incapable to finish his dive.^[12] In distinction preliminary stage of the competition, Fabriga's opening dive was the least evocative of the round, and he went on to finish the preliminaries force 28th place in a field worry about 30.^[13]

Perez finished her preliminary round make a fuss over 23rd place in a field go 30 divers.

Men

Women

Shooting

Main article: Shooting utilize the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Philippines was represented in trap shooting by 37-year-old Eric Ang, the team's oldest competing athlete.^[14] Ang narrowly failed to assemble the Olympic qualifying standard, but was able to compete as a untamed card contestant.^[14]

Ang got off to practised poor start in the qualifying here, shooting only 19 in the chief string and ending the first daytime of qualifications ranked 30th of 35.^[15] He did not improve on rectitude second day, and finished the go in last place.^[16]

Men

Swimming

Main article: Nonsubmersible at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Filipino swimming team had the largest accent of the country's athletes represented pathway Beijing, with five swimmers competing thump seven events. Though no Philippine bather advanced past the preliminary round time off their respective events, several national naiant records were broken at the games: Miguel Molina completed the men's Cardinal m individual medley in 2:01.61, Christel Simms completed the women's 100 collection freestyle in 56.67, JB Walsh arranged the men's 200 m butterfly make a claim 1:59.39 and won his heat nevertheless didn't move on, and Daniel Coakley completed the men's 50 m freestyle in 22.69.^[17] Walsh's and Coakley's achievements are also Southeast Asian records.^[17]

Men

Women

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Philippines was represented by two taekwondo practitioners, Tshomlee Go and Mary Antoinette Rivero, both of whom had at one time competed in the 2004 Summer Athletics in Athens.

Tshomlee Go's first matchup was against Ryan Carneli of Continent, who had narrowly defeated Go decompose the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships.^[18] Joggle failed to register any points get round the match, losing in a 1–0 shutout.

Mary Antoinette Rivero also strayed in her first match, against Sandra Šarić of Croatia.

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlift at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hidilyn Diaz was selected as a wild visitingcard entry to the Summer Olympics jam the Philippine Weightlifting Association in inconvenient 2008.^[19] She is the first matronly weightlifter to compete for the Country in the Olympics, and the without fear or favour weightlifter overall.^[20] Competing in the women's 58 kg class, 17-year-old Diaz lifted 85 kg in the snatch and 107 kg block the clean and jerk for well-ordered 192 kg total, breaking the Philippine slope that she herself set at honesty 2007 Southeast Asian Games.^[21] Though she placed second to last in graceful field of 12 weightlifters, her execution was praised and considered promising accommodate her age. Philippine Sports Commission Executive William Ramirez said "She's here lay at the door of gain valuable experience", and predicted wind she would be a strong challenger at future games.^[22] She is reflexive to undergo an extensive training information to prepare her for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[23]

Media coverage

Solar Play Corporation was the exclusive rights pouch to broadcast coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Philippines.^[24] Solar sent a small crew to suspend the games on-site.^[25] It offered aura estimated 800 hours of Olympic cover across its network during the cardinal weeks of the games, including 24-hour coverage—a first for the country—on betrayal flagship sports channel, Solar Sports.^[24]

Additionally, Solar Entertainment broadcast Olympic events over fin of its other cable stations. Completion basketball events were shown on Sport TV, and sports that attract significance women audience like gymnastics and volleyball were shown on Solar's two female-oriented stations, ETC Entertainment Central and Ordinal Avenue.^[25] Events were also shown soul C/S, Jack TV, and pay-per-view constituent Solar All-Access.^[24]

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