\u201cThis gold medal was expected,\u201d said Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino, who is overseeing the Philippine participation in the AYG for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no doubt, we would surpass the previous haul,\u201d Tolentino said, referring to the haul of two gold and three silver medals in Nanjing in 2012. \u201cAnd we still have a lot of potential winners. Meron pa tayong volleyball. Volleyball tahimik lang yan pero andyan lang yan. We still have boxing, weightlifting, marami pang pagkukunan, pati jiujitsu (And we still have many potential winners. We still have volleyball,\u00a0 it\u2019s been quiet, but it\u2019s there. We also have boxing, weightlifting, and many more sources of medals, including jiu-jitsu).\u201d<\/p>\n
Philippine delegation Chef de Mission Ramon \u201cTats\u201d Suzara was pleased to see the medal haul gaining momentum, noting that this should ease the pressure on the rest of the team rather than add to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always tell our players, in volleyball and in other sports, to just have fun. Don\u2019t let the pressure get to you. Especially for our young athletes: when you play, play like you\u2019ve got nothing to lose. Just enjoy the game. Ganun lang lagi (It\u2019s always like that),\u201d Suzara said.<\/p>\n
In muay, Jan Brix Ramiscal (16\u201317) and Zeth Gabriel Bueno (14\u201315) reached the Wai Kru finals, securing at least bronze medals for the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Ramiscal scored 9.17; Bueno, 9.03. Ramiscal also made the mixed team Mai Muay finals, guaranteeing a second medal.<\/p>\n
Iyesha Blair Bituin is assured of bronze in girls\u2019 -51kg combat (16\u201317), facing Cambodia\u2019s Sreypenh Om in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Lyrie Anie Ngina (14\u201315) and Jasmine Dagame (16\u201317) also secured virtual bronze in Wai Kru, with gold still possible.<\/p>\n
At Bahrain National Stadium, Pi Durden Wangkay qualified for the boys\u2019 200m final with a 22.22-second run in the heats.<\/p>\n
Naomi Cesar (2:19.74) and Mia Guillergan (2:20.09) advanced in the girls\u2019 800m, placing second and fourth, respectively, in heats. PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis gold medal was expected,\u201d said Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino, who is overseeing the Philippine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[110166,64,63,144375,786,10280,785,85],"class_list":["post-243026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-asian-youth-games","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charlie-ratcliff","tag-fighting","tag-mixed-martial-arts","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}