Get ready to root for our local athletes as they hope to bring triumph to the Philippines and themselves at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Three years after the Tokyo Olympics, we find ourselves again amid the biggest sporting event in the world. We are of course talking about the 2024 Paris Olympics. Athletes have spent years training for this moment, and their time has finally come with the latest edition of the Games happening in and around the French capital.
Among the hundreds of athletes competing are 22 Filipino athletes who proudly represent Team Philippines. July 26 to August 11 is set to be filled with all kinds of news, moves, and hopefully achievements for these Pinoy athletes. If you’re looking to show them support at the 2024 Olympics, see some of the ways you can below.
WATCH THEIR GAMES
First and foremost, you can support Team Philippines at the Paris Olympics by watching their games. The country’s biggest delegation yet to the Olympics will be competing across nine sports in a packed schedule that lasts the entirety of the Games. You can keep up with the events via updates on social media, or you can catch the action live via free TV, cable TV, and livestream in the Philippines. Some ways you can watch the Games live include the Smart Livestream App, the Pilipinas Live streaming app, and OneSports.
The first event featuring a Filipino athlete at Paris 2024 will be in rowing as Joanie Delgaco will compete in the women’s single sculls heat at 4 PM, Saturday, July 27, Philippine time. The final one, meanwhile, will see golfers Dottie Ardina and Bianca Pagdanganan compete in the women’s individual stroke play round 4 at 3 PM, Saturday, August 10, Philippine time.
FOLLOW THEIR JOURNEY ONLINE
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It isn’t just news sites and livestreams that you can keep up with Team Philippines at the Olympics. Olympic athletes have been using social media, and TikTok in particular, to go beyond the spectacle and showcase what life is like as an athlete at the Paris Olympics. Some Filipino athletes, such as Aleah Finnegan and Levi Jung-Ruivivar, have taken to TikTok to give us behind-the-scenes Olympic content, such as the free merch they get as being part of Team Philippines, those infamous cardboard beds, room tours, what is inside the Olympic Village (they have a salon and grocery), and what athletes can do inside the massive complex (they can bake French baguettes).
Aside from how these videos bring fun and lightheartedness to a high-pressure competition, they also allow the athletes to let loose, have fun, and be themselves.
COP THE TEAM PHILIPPINES MERCH
Nothing says “team spirit” quite like wearing the merch of your favorite team. Lucky for us, there is Team Philippines merch we can cop. adidas, the official outfitter of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), recently dropped an exclusive fan merchandise collection featuring a whole range of apparel, shoes, and accessories. Proudly support Team Philippines with this limited-edition collection. And the best part? A portion of the proceeds from the adidas fan collection will also benefit the Philippine Olympic Committee’s Athlete Incentive Fund. You can shop the collection here.
SUPPORT OUR ATHLETES EVEN AFTER THE GAMES
With the sensation that often surrounds the Olympic Games, the Filipino athletes representing the Philippines in Paris have been getting a lot more attention as of late, and that’s great. But if we really want to support our local athletes, let’s keep up that attention and support even after the Games are over.
It is great and we hope to see our athletes have podium finishes considering the fame, honor, and multitude of prizes that come with it, but even if they lose, let’s not ignore them just like that. History is sadly filled with moments of many Filipino athletes not getting the support they deserve and even being mistreated despite their athletic achievements. Win or lose, these athletes, and countless more out there, deserve our support.
SHOW SOME LOVE TO ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
It needs to be said that the athletes representing the Philippines at Paris 2024 come from sports that you don’t often see get mainstream attention. From gymnastics to weightlifting, fencing, and more, these sports aren’t given much attention locally. The Philippines isn’t sending athletes to compete in basketball and volleyball at the Olympics, but some of the least-supported sports in the country.
Clearly, there is Pinoy athletic talent to be found outside the usual suspects, something people in positions of power sadly often don’t recognize. As the Tokyo Olympics taught us, we shouldn’t just support different sports when Filipino athletes win in them, but it should be there regardless. So, let’s hope Paris will be another reminder that all sports in the Philippines are valid.
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