THE goal of winning a Winter Olympics’ medal is now solidly cast in stone following the Philippine men’s curling team’s gold-medal performance at the

Jamaica’s bobsled team were immortalized in the movie Cool Runnings after competing in the 1988 Winter Olympics. The “Curling Pilipinas” could be the next candidates for the Hollywood treatment, should they line up at Milan-Cortina next year.

A banker, a construction worker, an electrician and an entrepreneur from snowy Switzerland have an unlikely shot at making Winter Olympics curling history -- for the tropical Philippines. The other three members -- electrician Enrico Pfister,

The Philippines first sent athletes to the Winter Olympics in 1972, but sent a lone skier to the last Games in Beijing in 2022. They have never qualified anyone for a team event. Delarmente wants to elevate curling in the Philippines, and find more talent from people of Filipino heritage around the world.

History was made on Friday as the Philippine men’s curling team took home the country’s first Asian Winter Games gold medal in Harbin, China.

Games end in glory for ‘Curling Pilipinas’ just two years after their federation was founded, but Hong Kong’s curlers just miss medal.

The Philippines men's curling team seizes a historic gold medal for the country over South Korea at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.

Photo from Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino/Facebook Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino was overwhelmed with emotions as Philippines clinches its first-ever gold medal in the Asian Winter Games.