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LOOK: Tenement Court in Taguig features mural of Filipino Olympic medalists

Delfin Dioquino

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LOOK: Tenement Court in Taguig features mural of Filipino Olympic medalists

SPORTS HEROES. Members of the Tenement Visual Artists put on finishing touches on the mural paying tribute to Tokyo Olympics medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial at a basketball court of a tenement housing in Taguig City on August 27, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, and Eumir Marcial get their own mural at the famed Tenement Court in Taguig City

The four Filipino athletes who took home medals from the Tokyo Olympics have been immortalized through art.

Members of the Tenement Visual Artists honored Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, and Eumir Marcial by completing a mural of the four at the Tenement Court in Taguig City.

The collage captures the four Filipino sports heroes in their moments of glory, with Diaz and Petecio raising their medals and Paalam and Marcial celebrating their respective victories.

A landmark in the local hoops scene, the famed court has become a venue where sports meets art.

The Tenement Court has been visited by Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Utah Jazz ace Jordan Clarkson and featured murals of NBA greats Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan to name a few. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.