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SASKATOON—Los Angeles is now gearing up to host the 2028 Olympics. Still, the Paris Games will remain memorable for some athletes, like the four athletes who won their respective countries' first gold medals, just like  Hidilyn did for the Philippines in Tokyo three years ago.  The 33rd edition of this quadrennial sporting event, which gathered the world's best athletes, ended on Sunday, Aug. 11, in the French capital. Yes, Paris 2024 is behind us, but it remains a memorable moment for Saint Lucia's Julie Alfred, Domica's  Thea LaFond, Guatemala's Adriana Ruano,  and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo. After winning gold in their respective athletics events, Alfred and LaFond did it in style for their tiny Caribbean island nations.  Alfred ruled the women's 100-metre sprint with a national record of 10.72 seconds to become Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medalist. LaFond  was triumphant in the  women's triple jump with a leap of 15.02 metres on her second at...

Filipino Olympic hero Anthony Villanueva died on Tuesday after a long bout with a heart ailment. He was 69. Villanueva, who was already bedridden after suffering a third stroke in 2012, died in his sleep in their home in Cabuyao town in Laguna. He became a national hero after settling for the silver medal in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games where he lost to Stanislav Stepashkin of the then Soviet Union in the finals of the featherweight division finals. Villanueva is the son of former amateur boxer Jose, who won the Philippines a bronze medal in the bantamweight division of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. He experienced rough times and was even forced to put his Olympic silver medal for sale just to help augment the rising cost of his medical bills. Villanueva, who also had a brief stint as a professional boxer and even tried acting in the late 1960s, has also been receiving a monthly pension of P7,000 from the Philippine Sports Commission. No one dared to bu...