Pinay golfers Bianca Pagdanganan at Dottie Ardina, slow start sa opening round ng Women’s Individual Stroke Play Event
Pinay golfers Bianca Pagdanganan at Dottie Ardina, slow start sa opening round ng Women’s Individual Stroke Play Event
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00:00Pinay golfer Bianca Pagdanganan is not far behind the medal contenders for the 13th place.
00:07While Philippine bet Dottie Ardina fell to 40th place
00:12in round 1 of the Women's Individual Stroke Play Event of the 2024 Paris Olympics yesterday.
00:18Pinay golfer Bianca Pagdanganan showed off her second appearance in the Olympics
00:24after her joint 13th place with 12 other golfers in the opening round.
00:30Pagdanganan's start was good after her 3 consecutive par
00:35before she fell to 3 boogies in the next 4 holes.
00:39She was able to overcome that after losing 3 birdie and 6 par in her last shum holes
00:46so she won't be far from the top 10 with an even par 72 score.
00:51Pagdanganan's equalizer in the 13th place was world number 1 Nelly Corda
00:57and 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lydia Ko of New Zealand.
01:02Meanwhile, the campaign of first-time Olympian John Seniza
01:07in the 2024 Paris Olympics ended after losing to the men's 61kg weightlifting division.
01:14The 26-year-old athlete lifted the 125kg snatch
01:19following 3 failed attempts.
01:22The reason was so she won't be able to advance in the tournament.
01:25Despite this, she was wholeheartedly supported by the Filipinos in Paris
01:29including 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Heidelin Diaz Naranjo.