00:00The Philippine Men's Curling Team won the country's first gold medal in the 9th Asian Winter Games
00:07after competing against the Republic of Korea 5-3 in the finals of the Men's Curling Tournament
00:14on Friday in Harbin, China.
00:16That's what our teammate Daryl Oclares has to say.
00:22In the first ever Asian Winter Games,
00:25our flag was raised as the country's anthem was sung.
00:34This was after the Philippine Men's Curling Team won the country's first gold medal
00:40in the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
00:43In the finals game on Friday,
00:45Mark Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frey, and Benjo de la Remente
00:52won the country's first gold medal in the Republic of Korea 5-3.
01:00This is crazy, isn't it?
01:02Philippines winning in curling is absolutely overwhelming.
01:06I think we don't realize it completely yet, but yeah, we made history today.
01:12We're so happy that we won the first gold medal for the Philippines.
01:17We're very happy to be part of history
01:20and I hope this is just the beginning of the development of curling in the Philippines.
01:27Frey and de la Remente added that this victory is a big deal
01:31to show that Filipinos can also take part in a winter sport like curling.
01:39What do you want more than an Asian Winter Games gold?
01:42I think this is the number one.
01:44An Olympic medal.
01:46That's what you want more.
01:48I think this is the perfect advertisement for curling.
01:51Filipinos are really good in sports like billiard, bowling, dart, and it's very similar.
01:57So I think Filipinos have a talent for that.
02:01We hope that this victory here in the Asian Games will spark,
02:08will give us some exposure and will help Filipinos know more about curling
02:14and hopefully other institutions and organizations will also see
02:18that there's a lot of potential for curling in the Philippines and for Filipinos.
02:22So hopefully we can also get our own facility in the Philippines.
02:26Meanwhile, de la Remente also thanked the President of Curling Winter Sports Association of the Philippines
02:33for the warm support of the Filipinos.
02:36Thank you very much for your support.
02:40And we felt the love through your messages and your comments.
02:43And we will continue to deliver for you, our fellow Filipinos.
02:48Thank you very much.
02:50After the Asian Winter Games,
02:52the Philippine Curling Team will compete in the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics
02:59to once again make history.
03:02Daryl Oclares for Atletang Pilipino, for Bagong Pilipinas.
