daniel caluag of bmx cycling gives philippines its first gold medal

london olympian daniel caluag gave the philippines its first gold medal in the 2014 asian games in incheon, south korea.

caluag dominated the bmx cycling event by topping all three moto races in the event. in moto 1, he clocked 35.27sec. in moto 2 his time was 35.36 and finished the 3rd and last race at 35.43sec.

the newly registered nurse in the united states and was also a new father a week before he left for the games, caluag was really expected to win the gold medal despite his lack of uci accredited races.

the silver medal went to a japaneses rider and the bronze medal went to china.

daniel's younger brother, cj caluag just missed a podium finish and settled for 4th place.

with caluag's win, the philippine national anthem was heard in the incheon games for the first time. we are really praying that this will not be the last time, with only the boxers, taekwondo jins and the karatekas left to contend for the gold medals.

until the end, i know that the filipino spirit will remain fighting. laban pilipinas!

pics are from the following:
http://sports.inquirer.net/165314/caluag-ends-ph-gold-drought
https://twitter.com/francistjochoa (special thanks to mr. francis ochoa for allowing me to use his picture)

archery gives team philippines its 4th medal in the 2014 asian games

after a very successful campaign from our wushu athletes, the philippine archers will not be going home empty handed as well. paul marton dela cruz was able to give team philippines its 4th medal in the 2014 asian games in incheon, south korea.

he was able to win the bronze medal in men's individual compound archery after winning his bronze medal match against a malaysian, 140-139. this came after losing his semifinal match to the eventual gold medalist from iran.

mabuhay ka paul and all the archers who competed for the philippines! laban pilipinas!

photo is from: https://ph.sports.yahoo.com/news/asian-games--archery-bronze-medal-highlights-day-8-151219167.html

wushu delivers philippines' first 3 medals in the 2013 asian games

athletes from the martial arts of wushu started team pilipinas' medal harvest by garnering 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

the philippines' first medal in the games was a silver medal from daniel parantac in the men's taijiquan and taijijian event. he scored a total of 19.26 points behind the chinese athlete who scored 19.55 points. vietnam took the bronze.

parantac was only able to get 9.58 points in the taijijian event in the morning. it was good for an 8th place standing out of 14 athletes. he then came back in the afternoon with a strong taijiquan routine and was awarded 9.68 points. he placed second and his score was good enough for a silver finish over-all.

here is daniel parantac's performance in the 2014 asian games:

in the afternoon, francisco solis was not able to compete in the semi-finals match in men's sanda -56kg category due to injury. from some reports, it was an injury that he got from the training in china and worsened during the competition. he settled for a bronze medal finish.

just this afternoon, young wushu athlete jean claude saclag bowed down to his chinese oponent in the finals of men's sanda -60kg category. saclag, who was wishing for a gold medal on the eve of his 20th birthday, settles for silver.

hope this is the start of the philippines' harvest of medals in the 2014 asian games.

congratulations to the wushu athletes! laban pilipinas!

video is from: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbvklyf6TGk