![EJ Obiena of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/383995172_2380907275423196_5353689433457495158_n-400x200.jpg)
Obiena captured the pole vault gold with his record leap of 5.75 meters, which he further smashed at 5.9. He tried to break his own 6.0 meters by setting the bar to 6.02 as a gift to his coach Vitaly Petrov, but couldn’t pull it off in three tries.
![Deion Sanders [photo from @CoachPrime Instagram]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/370352832_18381581929063031_8323595974049369736_n-400x200.jpg)
Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes were aware that they faced huge odds to pull one against the favored USC Trojans on Saturday, September 30.
![BMX Racing’s a team effort for bronze medalist Patrick Coo (right) and Daniel Caluag. [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/coo-cycling-bmx-400x200.png)
Patrick Coo of the Philippines clinched the bronze medal on Sunday, October1, in Chun’an to continue the country’s medal tradition in BMX racing of cycling at the 2023 Asian Games.
![Gilas 3x3 team [photo credit: Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas - SBP Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/382350665_1288273888507469_1610172422260127123_n-e1696128781301-400x200.jpg)
The Gilas men’s 3×3 team eked out a thrilling 15-14 win over Kazakhstan to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Games on Saturday, September 30, at the Deqing Geographic Information Park Basketball Court.
![Rosegie Ramos of the Philippines [photo credit: Coach Jeaneth Aro Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/363321864_705335828069618_7553802317948119952_n-e1696128371281-400x200.jpg)
Rosegie Ramos of the Philippines came up empty-handed in the country’s opening bid in weightlifting at the 2023 Asian Games on Saturday, September 30.
![Rianne Malixi of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/malixi1-400x200.jpeg)
Rianne Malixi continued to lose grip of her game that took off in inspiring fashion as she faltered with her first over-par round in three days—a 73–that all but dashed her hopes for medal in women’s individual golf in the 2023 Asian Games on Saturday, September 30.
![Daniel Caluag of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/382573504_1070751160523775_7405767275709263594_n-scaled-e1696127359847-400x200.jpg)
Daniel Patrick Caluag tries to duplicate his gold medal-winning feat in the Incheon games exactly nine years ago when he and Patrick Coo vie in cycling’s BMX Racing for men in the 2023 Asian Games on Sunday, October 1.
![Carlo Paalam of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/382878994_259962403686584_7386627980436768412_n-e1696126402739-400x200.jpg)
Carlo Paalam joined Eumir Marcial in the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games boxing competitions, beating Uulu Munarbek Seiitbek of Kyrgyzstan in a back-and-forth fight at the Hangzhou gymnasium on Saturday, Sept. 30.
![CJ Perez of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gilas-Jaymar-Perez_psc-poc-400x200.jpg)
Jordan and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson ended Gilas Pilipinas’ winning run in the 2023 Asian Games on Saturday, September 30, sweeping Group C of the preliminaries, 87-62, and securing an outright berth to the quarterfinals at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.
![Chris Ross, Japeth Aguilar and Justin Brownlee of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/383768428_1504702050303075_2349943631389886255_n-400x200.jpg)
Call it the lull before the storm, Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson hugging Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone, Justin Brownlee and TNT Tropang Giga teammate Calvin Oftana when they ran across each other at a training facility in the 19th Asian Games last Wednesday.