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The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The Philippines competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same city.Filipino athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for Moscow 1980 when the nation was part of the American-led boycott.
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines. Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the Men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
Between the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and the last ones to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics in 1992, the Summer and Winter Games took place in the same country three times. Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance. [5] The selection process lasts approximately two years.
Their humor was the most undistilled form of low comedy; they were not great innovators, but as quick-laugh practitioners, they place second to none. If public taste is any criterion, the Stooges have been the reigning kings of comedy for over 50 years. [8] Beginning in the 1980s, the Stooges finally began to receive critical recognition.
In 1963, the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs featured a spoof theatrical manager, Sir Harry Whitlohn [26] [27] [28]; Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect: In 1976, British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore told listeners of BBC Radio 2 that unique alignment of two planets would result in an upward gravitational pull making people lighter at precisely 9:47 am that day.
That same year, she was chosen as one of BBC's 100 Women as well as ESPN's Woman of the Year. [196] She was also one of the finalists for Time ' s 2016 Person of the Year . Biles was also nominated for a 2016 ESPY award for Best Female Athlete along with Elena Delle Donne , Katie Ledecky , and Breanna Stewart ; Stewart won the award.