The Philippines targets to surpass its four-gold haul in the previous Asian Games, with world No. 2 pole vaulter EJ Obiena, Olympic weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz, and skateboarding star Margielyn Didal leading this year’s charge in Hangzhou
The Filipino pole vault star will be the overwhelming favorite not only to win the gold but also to break the Asian Games record of 5.7m.
Sanchez has a personal best of 53.12s. This season, only Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong has swam faster at 52.50s.But combat sports and martial arts may also deliver medal surprises for the Philippines in this edition. Karate will be spearheaded by three top-notch female karatekas: Junna Tsukii, Jamie Lim, and Sakura Alforte.
Lim, a 2023 SEA Games gold winner like Alforte, also won silver in the female kumite -61kg of the Asian Karate Championship.Kiyomi Watanabe has seen her world ranking plunge outside the top 100 recently, but she remains a formidable force in the Asian scene. She won one of the country’s two silver medals in the previous Asian Games.
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