As two World Cup events, Olympic qualifiers, the Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games all roll off in 2023, the Philippines’ top athletes hope to punch in more wins in a packed year.
MANILA, Philippines – It’s shaping up to be another busy year for Philippine sports. If things fall into place – meaning the athletes get ample support and time to prepare, sports officials do their jobs and make the athletes’ welfare a priority, plus a bit of luck – then the potential of 2023 becoming a banner year for Philippine sports will not be at all a pipe dream.
Not even a strong showing in the World Cup will make up for another debacle in the Southeast Asian Games, hence Gilas will need to bring their A-game to Cambodia. This will be a challenge given that the PBA will end a week before the SEA Games, once again giving Gilas Pilipinas a less than ideal buildup for the tournament.
One cannot help marvel at how much the team has grown and improved since they placed fourth in the 2022 FIFA Women’s Asia Cup in India a little over a year ago. There is a prevailing sense that the Filipinas are inching their way to a level where they could soon get over the hump and snatch wins over some of the top 30 teams in the world.
A qualifying run to the Paris Olympics could set herself up to a glorious windup to an illustrious career where she has crowned herself as one of the greatest athletes in the history of Philippine sports.Diaz-Naranjo’s readiness for the 59kg category will be tested in the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships scheduled this May in Jinju, South Korea.
The 17-year-old Eala, currently 217th in the world, needs to crack at least the top 100 to earn regular spots in the Women’s Tennis Association tournaments.A strong showing in the first quarter of this year could see the first Filipino junior Grand Slam singles champion possibly improve her rankings to the top 200.
Animam is now back in Europe with the Toulouse Metropole in the Ligue Feminine de Basketball in France. Even when she was sidelined by injury, she still received interest from clubs in Spain, Italy, Germany, and Australia. The Philippines ended 2022 without a world champion in boxing and mixed martial arts. This is unthinkable for a country that has produced the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Gerry Peñalosa, and Nonito Donaire in boxing and had multiple world title holders in ONE Championship at the same time.
Yulo needs a big year to make up for his performance in last year’s world championships where, although he won silver in vault and bronze in parallel bars, he failed to bring home a gold for the first time in the last three editions of the competition.
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