(SPOT.ph) With less than a night’s sleep remaining until the Olympics kick off, we’re more excited than before as we cheer on our 22-strong delegates.
The opening ceremony, set for Saturday, July 27 at 1:30 a.m. (Philippine Time), will mark a historic first for the Summer Games as it takes place outside a traditional stadium. This year, athletes will parade along Paris’ iconic River Seine on boats.
Traveling from east to west, 10,500 athletes will be transported on 94 boats along a six-kilometer (approximately 3.7 miles) route, culminating in front of the renowned Trocadéro, directly across from the Eiffel Tower. This location will also host the rest of the Opening Ceremony festivities, including the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
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Cignal TV and One Sports Digital will broadcast the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, featuring Team Philippines in the Parade of Nations.
One Sports has announced that the ceremony will be available on its Facebook and YouTube channels, the free-to-air One Sports channel, One Sports+, and Cignal TV Pop-up channels 1 and 2 on cable. It will also be featured on the 2:30 p.m. broadcast on RPTV.
Of course, we have online options too. Pilipinas Live will stream all Filipino athletes' events in HD via its app and website. Note that it's paid, though. Meanwhile, the Smart Livestream App will provide free 24/7 streaming and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
Don't miss Tokyo Olympics silver medalists and boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam serving as the flagbearers!
Here's an overview of Team Philippines' schedule, including post-qualifying dates, organized by sport and the competing athlete/s.
EJ Obiena (pole vault)
John Cabang Tolentino (110m hurdles)
Lauren Hoffman (400m hurdles)
Hergie Bacyadan (women’s 75kg)
Eumir Marcial (men’s 80kg)
Carlo Paalam (men’s 57kg)
Nesthy Petecio (women’s 57kg)
Aira Villegas (women’s 50kg)
Samantha Catantan (women’s foil)
Carlos Yulo (men’s)
Aleah Finnegan, Emma Malabuyo, Levi Jung-Ruivivar (women’s)
Dottie Ardina, Bianca Pagdanganan
Kiyomi Watanabe (women’s -63kg)
Joanie Delgaco (women’s single sculls)
Kayla Sanchez (womens’ 100m freestyle)
Jarod Hatch (men’s 100m butterfly)
John Ceniza (men’s 61kg)
Elreen Ando (women’s 59kg)
Vanessa Sarno (women’s 71kg)
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