Weightlifter Ando saves day for Team Philippines by grabbing bronze medal;
Hidilyn Diaz misses podium finish in Asiad;
Gilas bounces back from loss by beating Qatar
Hidilyn Diaz misses podium finish in Asiad;
Gilas bounces back from loss by beating Qatar
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00:00 Cebu's Elrin Ando averted what could have been a medalist day for Team Philippines as
00:05 fellow weightlifter and Olympic gold winner Haidilin Diaz came up short in an attempt
00:11 to win back-to-back Asian Games titles.
00:14 This and more Asian Games Update with Dennis Principe.
00:20 Filipina weightlifter Elrin Ando cautioned the impact of the loss suffered by Olympic
00:25 gold medalist Haidilin Diaz in today's weightlifting competition of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou,
00:31 China.
00:32 The 2023 SEA Games champion Anda bagged a bronze medal in the women's 64kg event behind
00:39 gold medal winner Eun Sim Rim of North Korea and silver medalist Shin Yi Pei of China.
00:45 Rim tallied an Asian record of 251kg lift after carrying 100kg in snatch and 140kg in
00:54 clean and jerk.
00:55 Pei, meanwhile, listed a total of 234kg while Ando had a total of 222kg.
01:05 Meantime Diaz came up short in her attempt to claim a medal as she could only manage
01:10 to finish fourth in the 59kg class.
01:15 Another North Korean, Il-Kyung Kim, won the gold when she lifted 111kg in snatch and 135kg
01:23 in clean and jerk for a total of 246kg.
01:28 China's Shi Fang Luo took the silver with a total lift of 240kg while Xing Jun Guo of
01:36 Chinese Taipei bagged the bronze with a 227kg total lift.
01:42 The 2018 Asia champion Diaz, meantime, had a total of 223kg to place fourth.
01:51 Up next for Diaz are two Olympic qualifiers where she needs a top 10 finish in both events
01:58 to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
02:01 Diaz is set to compete in the 2024 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in February and the
02:08 IWF World Cup in Paris April of next year.
02:13 In basketball, it's on to the quarterfinals for the Guilas Filipinas men's squad after
02:19 scoring a one-sided win over a hapless Qatar today at the Zhejiang University Zhejiang
02:26 Gymnasium.
02:27 A balanced scoring attack helped Guilas to score an 80-41 win over the Qatari team.
02:35 The Filipinos were led by Jun Marfajardo and CJ Perez, who each scored 12 points.
02:41 Calvin Ovtana added 11 markers for Guilas, who had limited contribution from naturalized
02:47 player Justin Brownlee due to an injury.
02:50 Brownlee has been averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds in 33.3 minutes after three games
02:57 in this quadrennial meet.
02:59 Against Qatar, Brownlee saw action for only eight minutes, scoring 9 points and grabbing
03:04 five rebounds.
03:06 Guilas will meet powerhouse Iran in a highly anticipated quarterfinal battle on Tuesday.
03:13 Dennis Principe for the Nation.
03:15 (upbeat music)