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Joanie Delgaco

Romwel Anzures

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1721134040500IMG_4456.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipina rower Joanie Delgaco. POC-PSC Media/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left">Filipina rower Joanie Delgaco. </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left">POC-PSC Media/File</em></span></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Joanie Delgaco has already made history for the Philippines ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</p><p>The 26-year-old, Iriga, Camarines Sur native is the first-ever Filipina rower to qualify for the quadrennial games, doing so after her fourth-place finish in the World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Olympic Qualification Regatta in Korea last April.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/21/gymnast-jung-ruivivar-rower-delgaco-earn-olympic-spots-1452">READ: Gymnast Jung-Ruivivar, rower Delgaco earn Olympic spots</a> </div><p>But before she etched herself in Philippine sporting history following her Olympic qualification, Delgaco revealed that she was actually playing another sport — volleyball.</p><p>&quot;Yung isang coach ko po, tiga-Bicol po siya. Naghahanap po siya ng matangkad na babae, so nung pumunta po siya sa bahay namin akala ko for beach volleyball kasi yung tinutukoy niya sa tubig,&quot; she told ABS-CBN News’ Dyan Castillejo in a previous interview.</p><p>&quot;Eh yun po yung laro ko eh, volleyball po talaga ako. Tapos in-explain niya po sakin na i-try ko raw yung rowing.&quot;</p><p>After being introduced to the sport, the 5-foot-5 Bicolana went on to display her prowess and clinched gold in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here, and followed it with a silver and a pair of bronze in the 2021 Hanoi Games.</p><p>Delgaco earned another gold during the 2023 World Beach Games Asian Qualifying Tournament in the mixed double sculls together with Edgar Ilas, and what followed was her history-making finish in Korea.</p><p>She clocked in at 2:03.23, finishing only next to Uzbekistan, Japan, and Iran, but Delgaco said that she was not expecting to advance to the Olympics.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/21/philippine-rower-joanie-delgaco-ecstatic-after-qualifying-for-paris-olympics-2113">READ: Philippine rower Joanie Delgaco ecstatic after qualifying for Paris Olympics</a></div><p>&quot;Hindi ko po in-expect na mag-qualify ako kasi yung mga nakalaban ko, malalakas po talaga eh. Tapos sobrang sakit na po talaga, iba na yung hinga ko, pero inisip ko po yung mga pinagdaanan ko. Kailangan kong mag Top 5,&quot; she explained.</p><p>Fast forward to today, Delgaco since then has been on a roll just a few days before the Paris Games officially begin.</p><p>&quot;Si Joanie, nagkataon na may event no, may laban. So part of the training, sumali na rin siya. Nanalo pa, so malaking bagay yun. Malaking improvement yun,&quot; shared Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino of Delgaco who is with her fellow Pinoy Olympians in their training camp in Metz, France.</p><p>&quot;Mabigat yung training niya, so meaning, pag dating sa actual competition, magaan na. Magaan na yung tubig, yung boat.&quot;</p><p>Delgaco, as well as the rest of the 22-man delegation of the Philippines, will start their 2024 Olympics journey on July 26. </p><p>The rowing event will open on July 27.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><strong>RELATED VIDEO: <span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jcLb2y_zOek?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></span></div>

<p>Joanie Delgaco has already made history for the Philippines ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</p>

Joanie Delgaco has already made history for the Philippines ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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Paris 2024: PH rowing bet Joanie Delgaco out to make even more history in Olympics

Romwel Anzures,

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Published Jul 17, 2024 11:00 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 23, 2024 09:13 PM PHT

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