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Bianca Pagdanganan reflects on Olympic performance: ‘I really wanted it. I want our name up there’

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Bianca Pagdanganan turned emotional following the results of the women&#x27;s golf tournament in the Olympics. The Filipino athlete finished in fourth place.</p><p>&quot;Knowing that I was able to give my hundred percent, gave my everything, it&#x27;s like it&#x27;s all I can do. Whatever happens at the end of the day happens. Knowing that I gave my best, it&#x27;s really all that I could hope for,&quot; an emotional Bianca said in an interview with One Sports post-tournament.</p><p>Bianca highlighted that she truly wanted to win a medal for the country.</p><p>&quot;I really wanted it. I want our name up there. I want them to know that we’re great athletes,&quot; she remarked.</p><p>She added: &quot;This is just not for golf, we’ve excelled in other sports, and I think it’s a great wake-up call for people back home that we can excel in sports.”</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOneSportsPHL%2Fvideos%2F477865148432443%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0" width="267" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The Olympic golfer remarked that she is proud of herself on how she navigated through the pressure of the Olympics.</p><p>&quot;I’ve sacrificed so much for this career, and there’s no other way to put it. I wanted it so bad, and I really did my best,&quot; she said.</p><p>She went on: &quot;I really felt proud of how I performed in such extreme pressure. Knowing that I could handle myself in those situations, it should be a great motivation.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/8/11/carlos-yulo-aira-villegas-to-be-ph-s-flag-bearers-at-closing-ceremony-of-paris-olympics-843"><strong>READ: Carlos Yulo, Aira Villegas to be PH’s flag bearers at closing ceremony of Paris Olympics</strong></a></div><p>The Filipino athlete also expressed her gratitude to her family.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s been such a great Olympic experience being able to share this with my family... It means so much and I feel very blessed and grateful that I have them as my support system,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Bianca is among the 22 athletes who represented the Philippines in the Paris Olympics which ran from July 26 to August 11.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-5" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-jCirFtmLm/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=450&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A5%2C%22os%22%3A902210%2C%22ls%22%3A109822%2C%22le%22%3A109836%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-5" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-jCirFtmLm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-5" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-jCirFtmLm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-jCirFtmLm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by B🏌🏽‍♀️ (@biancapagda)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The country bagged four medals in this year&#x27;s Olympics.</p><p>The Filipino Olympians will be honored with a heroes&#x27; parade and will be invited to Malacañang when they arrive on Tuesday, August 13.</p><p>&quot;President Marcos will personally honor the athletes and present them with their well-deserved incentives in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to Philippine sports and their stellar performance in the 2024 Paris Olympics,&quot; the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced on social media.  </p>

<p>Filipino golfer Bianca Pagdanganan shares her thoughts after finishing fourth place in the women's golf tournament in this year's Olympics.</p>

Filipino golfer Bianca Pagdanganan shares her thoughts after finishing fourth place in the women's golf tournament in this year's Olympics.

Bianca Pagdanganan reflects on Olympic performance: ‘I really wanted it. I want our name up there’

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Bianca Pagdanganan reflects on Olympic performance: ‘I really wanted it. I want our name up there’

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Published Aug 12, 2024 10:47 AM PHT

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