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Gilas Pilipinas women finished off the FIBA Women's Olympic pre-qualifying tournament on a high note after squeaking past Senegal, 79-75, Friday morning (Manila time) at the Arena Astros in Guadalajara, Mexico.
EJ Obiena saw his golden streak broken at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland, where Armand Duplantis and Emmanouil Karalis had a breathtaking battle for the gold medal.
Two Gilas pools were formed by coach Tim Cone - one for the FIBA World Cup Asia fourth qualifying window and another for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The Philippines is sending not just one, but two world ju-jitsu champions in next month's Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
North proved once again that in team golf, chemistry can travel farther than home-course familiarity.
EJ Obiena is slowly inching his way back into the world top 10 pole vault rankings and after clearing 5.91m in Poland early this week, has moved up a notch from No. 13 to No. 12. Last month, he vowed to vault over 5.90m and gave himself 10 days to do it. Obiena was two weeks late in fulfilling his promise but still, got it done.
Gilas Pilipinas Youth advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA U18 Asia Cup yesterday, somehow soothing the pain from Gilas Women's crushing defeat and dashed Olympic dreams.
Gilas Pilipinas Men scored an 81-76 victory over Korean club Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus as it stepped up its buildup for the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers with a tuneup match yesterday.
Going out with a bang.
Lloyd Go rallied with a 67 to make the cut, emerging as the lone Filipino standing in the Indonesia Pro-Am Championship of the Asian Developmental Tour.