Philippines at the 2022 World Games

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Philippines at the
2022 World Games
Flag of the Philippines.svg
IOC code PHI
NOC Philippine Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States
July 7 – 17, 2022
Competitors7 in 5 sports
Flag bearerJoyce Reboton [1]
Medals
Ranked 47th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
World Games appearances (overview)

The Philippines competed at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, United States, from July 7 to 17, 2022. Athletes representing the Philippines won one gold medal and the country finished in 47th place in the medal table.

Contents

The delegation's chef de mission is Patrick Gregorio. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Junna Tsukii Karate Women's kumite 50 kg July 8

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotalEvents
Cue sports 1122
Karate 0111
Ju-jitsu 0111
Muaythai 1122
Powerlifting 0111
Total2577

Cue sports

Carlo Biado and Rubilen Amit represented the Philippines in cue sport. [3] Biado is the Philippines' first-ever gold medalist winning his event back in the 2017 edition. However he failed to repeat his feat after losing to Joshua Filler of Germany in the semifinal. In the battle for bronze he lost to Aloysius Yapp of Singapore. [4] Amit ended her bid in the quarterfinals losing to Veronika Ivanovskaia of Germany in the quarterfinals. [5] [6]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlo Biado Nine-ball – men's singles Flag of Poland.svg  Zieliński  (POL)
W 11–10
Flag of Austria.svg  Ouschan  (AUT)
W 11–7
Flag of Germany.svg  Filler  (GER)
L 8–11
Flag of Singapore.svg  Yapp  (SGP)
L 8–11
4
Rubilen Amit Nine-ball – women's singles Flag of Germany.svg  Filler  (GER)
W 9–8
Flag of Germany.svg  Ivanovskaia  (GER)
L 8–9
Did not advance

Duathlon

Fernando Caseres and Kim Mangrobang were the Philippines representatives in duathlon. [2] John Chicano was also due to qualify but was unable to compete due to visa issues. [7] Duathlon is an invitational sport.

Caseres finished 14th in the men's event while Mangrobang was one of the eleven competitors who got disqualified in the women's event which Philippine national coach Ani de Leon-Brown attribute to poor officiating. [8]

Individual
AthleteEventRun (10 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)Total TimeRank
Fernando CaseresMen's33:010:201:02:400:2317:331:53:5714
Kim Mangrobang Women'sDisqualified
Team
AthleteEventRun (2 km)Trans 1Bike (6 km)Trans 2Run (1 km)Leg timeTotal TimeRank
Fernando CaseresMixed5:410:189:370:192:3618:311:23:2019
Kim Mangrobang 7:320:1710:570:203:0322:09
Fernando Caseres6:460:179:430:212:2819:35
Kim Mangrobang 7:380:1710:270:224:2123:05

Ju-jitsu

Annie Ramirez is the sole ju-jitsu representative of the Philippines. [9] Ramirez's injury on her right knee, which she sustained in 2021 returned during her semifinal match against Galina Duvanova of Kazakhstan. She drew Duvanova 2–2 but her opponent advanced due to a submission attempt advantage. In the bronze medal match she lost to Laurence Fouillat. [10]

AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal (Bronze Medal Match)
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Annie Ramirez Women's Ne-waza 57 kgFlag of France.svg  Fouillat  (FRA)
W 3–0
Flag of the United States.svg  Matan  (USA)
W 14–0
1 qFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Duvanova  (KAZ)
L 2–2
Flag of France.svg  Fouillat  (FRA)
L 0–14
4

Karate

Junna Tsukii is the lone competitor for the Philippines in karate. Competing in the women's kumite 50 kg event, Tsukii lost to Yorgelis Salazar of Venezuela in her first pool stage match. She won her second tie against Shara Hubrich of Germany. She drew with Gema Morales Ozuna of Spain, but the match is considered a loss since her opponent was awarded the senshu. Tsukii tied with all of her opponents save for Salazar with a 1-2 win-loss records, but she advanced to the semifinals on points. She overcame Miho Miyahara of Japan in the semifinal and clinched the gold by winning the final against Salazar. [11] Tsukii is the first ever competitor to win a gold medal in karate for the Philippines in the World Games. [1]

Kumite
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Junna Tsukii Women's 50 kg Flag of Venezuela.svg  Salazar  (VEN)
L 1–8
Flag of Germany.svg  Hubrich  (GER)
W 6–4
Flag of Spain.svg  Morales  (ESP)
L 3–3
2 QFlag of Japan.svg  Miyahara  (JPN)
W 4–3
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Salazar  (VEN)
W 2–0
Gold medal icon.svg

Muaythai

The Philippines entered two competitors for muaythai. [12] Philip Delarmino qualified by winning a gold in the 2021 World Muaythai Championships. [13] Leeana Bade is the other competitor. [14] However both ended their medal bid in the quarterfinal round. [15]

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Phillip Delarmino Men's 67 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykytas  (UKR)
L 28–30
Did not advance
Leeana Bade Women's 63.5 kg Flag of Thailand.svg  Wankrue  (THA)
L 28–29

Powerlifting

Joyce Reboton is the sole representative of the Philippines in powerlifting. She earned her berth by clinching four gold medals at the 2021 Asian Classic-Equipped Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. [16] She finished ninth overall among twelve competitors in the women's heavyweight event. [17]

AthleteEventSquatBench
press
DeadliftTotal weightTotal pointsRank
Joyce Reboton Women's heavyweight 242.5147.5212.5602.599.169

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