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Champion golfer Yuka Saso to carry Philippine flag at Youth Olympics opener

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/27/20180929-golf.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Following her golden success in the recent Asian Games, Yuka Saso hopes to weave the same magic in next month&#x27;s Youth Olympic Games. File/Peter Parks, Agence France-Presse</figcaption></figure></div>Following her golden success in the recent Asian Games, Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso hopes to weave the same magic in next month&#x27;s Youth Olympic Games.The 17-year-old golfer has been chosen to carry the national colors, as she leads the 7-member Philippine squad that will compete in the Games in Buenos Aires beginning October 6.Saso made history when she became the first Pinay golfer to win gold in the Asian Games, topping the podium in women’s individual and team competitions.Philippines delegation head Jonne Go is pinning her hopes on Saso, as well as Jann Mari Nayre of table tennis, Christian Tio of sailing-kiteboarding and archer Nicole Tagle to deliver in the Games featuring the world’s best junior athletes aged 17 years old and younger.Archer Gab Moreno seized the first gold medal for the Philippines with China’s Li Jiaman when they won the mixed international team event of the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, in 2014.&quot;I hope this batch of Filipino athletes (in the Youth Olympics) can also bring home a medal similar to what we had accomplished in the previous YOG,’’ said Go, who was also the chef de mission at the time.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/13/18/to-keep-amateur-status-yuka-saso-gold-winning-pinay-golfers-will-donate-bonuses">READ: To keep amateur status, Yuka Saso, medal-winning Pinay golfers will donate bonuses</a></li></ul>Go, president of the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation and Philippine Olympic Committee auditor, said fencer Lawrence Everett Tan, golfer Carl Jano Corpus and Nicole Justine Oliva are also capable of a podium finish.Joining Go and the seven athletes in the Buenos Aires trip funded by the Philippine Sports Commission are POC secretary general Patrick Gregorio, six coaches and three officials from the PSC.From among these athletes, Oliva will get more chances of winning a medal when she swims in 8 events.Meanwhile, the POC has embraced the national sports associations for sambo and cricket as associate members and netball as a regular member during it general assembly Thursday at the Meralco gym.The assembly also approved the election of Peter Cayco as president of Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. (For more sports coverage, visit the<a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"> ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)

The double Asian Games champion leads the 7-member Philippine squad that will compete in the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on October 6.

The double Asian Games champion leads the 7-member Philippine squad that will compete in the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on October 6.