![Angel Polo says she will learn from her Dakar experience and work to improve during her remaining year as a junior athlete. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Untitled-Design1229-400x200.png)
Filipina wushu athlete Angel Polo missed a Youth Olympics medal after a final-round deduction but says she will learn from her Dakar experience.
![Filipino swimmer Riannah Coleman withdrew from the women's 100-meter breaststroke heats at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar after experiencing difficulty breathing. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Untitled-Design1214-400x200.png)
Filipino swimmer Riannah Coleman withdrew from the Youth Olympic 100m breaststroke heats after experiencing breathing difficulties.
![Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentino (center), Secretary-General Atty. Wharton Chan (third from left), and Chef de Mission Rocky Samson (right) welcome the first batch of Filipino athletes and coaches upon their arrival at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal on Thursday night. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Untitled-Design1178-400x200.png)
POC chief Abraham Tolentino warns of tough competition as nine Filipino athletes prepare for the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.
Team Philippines has begun its journey to Dakar, where swimmers Jamesray Michael Ajido and Riannah Chantelle Coleman will carry the flag at the Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
Swimmers Jamesray Mishael Ajido and Riannah Chantelle Coleman will carry the Philippine flag at the Dakar Youth Olympics opening ceremony on Oct. 31.
Swimmer Jamesray Ajido will lead nine Filipino athletes at Dakar 2026 as the Philippines seeks its first Youth Olympic Games medal since 2018.
![PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio praised Team Philippines for winning medals across 18 to 19 sports at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. [POC Media pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Untitled-design925-400x200.png)
PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio praised Team Philippines after medals in 18 to 19 sports and about P35 million in initial incentives.
![Jeus Gabriel Derick Yape [right] will carry the Philippine flag at the closing ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Oct. 4. [POC Media pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Untitled-design915-1-400x200.png)
Asian Games taekwondo champion Jeus Gabriel Derick Yape will carry the Philippine flag at the Aichi-Nagoya closing ceremony on Oct. 4.
![Kaila Napolis won Asian Games jiu jitsu bronze for the Philippines after beating Mongolia's Tsagaanbileg Altangerel, 2-0, in the women's -52kg class. [POC Media pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Untitled-design924-400x200.png)
Kaila Napolis beat Mongolia’s Tsagaanbileg Altangerel for bronze after reaching the repechage at the Asian Games.
![Philippine taekwondo earned two Asian Games medals through Juliana Candelaria and Jeus Yape in poomsae. [POC Media pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Untitled-design915-400x200.png)
Juliana Candelaria won silver and Jeus Yape added bronze as Philippine taekwondo secured two Asian Games poomsae medals.