Pinay Power Fuels Asian Games Medal Flurry

What do Hidilyn Diaz, Pauline Lopez, Agatha Wong, Divine Wally, Juvenile Crisostomo, Rinna Babanto, and Janna Oliva all have in common?

They are all Pinay medal winners in the 2018 Asian Games...and are repsonible for 5 of our 6 medals to date (August 24, 2018).

Olympian weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, of course, gave us our first (but hopefully, not our last) gold medal while the rest gave us bronze medals in taekwondo and wushu.

Not to say, of course, that our men's teams have not been doing well. In fact,  our men's poomsae team composed of Dustin Mella, Jeordan Dominguez and Rodolfo Reyes, Jr are also on the board with a bronze medal but for the most part, it is our Pinay athletes who have fared better in the competitions.

We still have more chances at medals courtesy of our ladies as Meggie Ochoa and Kaila Napolis (jiu jit su) for podium finishes this afternoon. Let's wish our ladies luck and hope that the power Pinays keep shining golden!

The 2018 Asian Games (Day 3): Three Bronzes

It's only the third day (officially) of the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and Team Pilipinas already has 3 bronze medals, courtesy of taekwondo (poomsae) and wushu.

The Philippine men's team composed of Dustin Mella, Jeordan Dominguez, and Rodolfo Reyes, Jr. fell to China in the semifinal round while the women's team made up of Faye Crisostomo, Rinna Babanto, and Janna Oliva were bumped of by a very cohesive United Korea team.

Wushu's Agatha Wong copped the third bronze for the Philippines with a scintillating performance in women's all-round taijiquan/taijijian event.

Impression: The Philippines is a darkhorse in most of the event in these disciplines. We're good enough to hang with the big boys of the sport but maybe not yet good enough to beat them But it's also a good indication of the development of both taekwondo and wushu in the country, as we've consistently been able to show good performances here. I expect a couple more medals to come from wushu and taekwondo.