The quest of the Philippines for the elusive gold medal at the prestigious Summer Olympic Games continues this year.
Although the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was postponed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine delegation is ready to get the country's first-ever gold medal.
Olympic Games veteran and 2018 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is ready to snatch the gold medal in the women's 55 kg weightlifting competition.
On the other hand, 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist in gymnastics, Carlos Yulo, will also compete in his first-ever Olympics. He is also the first Filipino born in the 2000s to compete at the Olympic Games.
Joining Hidilyn and Carlos are 17 other Filipino athletes who will surely bring pride to the country as they compete against the best athelets in the world.
Get to know more about them here.
The 2019 Southeast Asian Games multi-medalist in gymnastics, Carlos Yulo, is the first Filipino born in the 2000s to compete at the prestigious Summer Olympic Games.
Rio Olympic Games silver medalist, Hidilyn Diaz, will try to get the country's first gold medal as she competes in the women's 55 kg weightlifting competition.
Asian Games (2018) gold medalist Margielyn Didal will compete in the women's street skateboarding.
For the very first time, multiple record holder, EJ Obiena, will compete at the Summer Olympics in the men's pole vault event.
Filipino-American sprinter, Kristina Knott, will compete in the women's 200 meters athletics event.
Southeast Asian Games (2019) gold medalist, Carlo Paalam, will compete in boxing's men's flyweight event.
Eumir Marcial will compete in boxing's men's middleweight event.
Irish Magno will compete in boxing's women's flyweight event.
Nesthy Petecio will compete in boxing's women's featherweight event.
Juvic Pagunsan will compete at the Tokyo Olympics golf event.
Asian Games (2018) gold medalist, Bianca Pagdanganan, will compete at the Tokyo Olympics golf event.
Asian Games (2018) gold medalist Yuka Saso will compete at the Tokyo Olympics golf event.
Kiyome Watanabe will compete in judo's women's 63 kg event.
For the first time since 2000, the Philippines is set to compete in the men's single sculls event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Jayson Valdez will compete in the men's 10-meter air rifle event, shooting competition.
Filipino swimmer, Luke Gebbie, will compete in the men's 50-meter freestyle and men's 100-meter freestyle events.
Filipino swimmer, Remedy Rule, will compete in the women's 100-meter butterfly and women's 200-meter butterfly events.
Kurt Barbosa will compete in Taekwondo's men's 58 kg event.
Weightlifter, Elreen Ando, will compete in the women's 64 kg event.