Philippines basks in all-time best Olympic performance
The Philippines marks 100 years of participation in the Summer Olympics with an all-time best campaign.
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00:00The Philippines marks a hundred years of participation in the Summer Olympics with an all-time best campaign.
00:08Gymnastics ace Carlos Yulo and boxers Nesty Petesco and Aira Villegas lead the 22-strong centennial team as they bring home two gold and two bronze medals.
00:17Yulo and Villegas proudly carry the Philippine flag at the closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday, August 11.
00:23In case you were wondering why golfers Bianca Pagdanganan and Dottie Ardina competed without uniforms,
00:29the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippines National Golf Association say their uniforms got held up at French Customs.
00:36The two golfers instead wore store-bought shirts, then attached a patch of the Philippine flag.
00:41Pagdanganan finished fourth in the women's golf competition, the highest ever by a Filipino in the Olympics.
00:47The Philippines ends the Olympics as the best-performing Southeast Asian nation, beating regional rivals Indonesia and Thailand.