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Smart Brings the Tokyo 2020 Olympics via Digital Livestream on gigafest.smart

Smart Tokyo 2020 Olympics

As the official broadcaster of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021, Smart Communications is bringing a whole world of sports and action directly to the palms of Filipinos 24 hours a day.

Smart subscribers can immerse themselves in all things Olympic via gigafest.smart, which provides the most comprehensive online streaming coverage with ten channels, including the Olympics pay-per-view (PPV) channel, pop-up channel, and news channel, as well as seven ready-to-air channels from the Olympic Broadcasting Service.

To access the service, subscribers only need to activate their Smart mobile data and navigate to gigafest.smart on their mobile browser to view live events, replays, highlights, athlete profiles, and daily headlines during the Olympics.

Smart will also provide 5G technology and 5G roaming to the coverage teams of TV5, Cignal, and officials joining this much-anticipated event, that mirrors the triumph of the human spirit against the challenges of the ongoing pandemic.

Join the journey of Filipino Olympians
A total of 19 Filipino athletes will be representing the country across a variety of sports. These include World Champion 2019 Carlos Yulo (Gymnastics), Gold Medalist EJ Obiena (Pole Vault), 2021 PGA Champion and Top 10 World Ranker Yuka Saso (Golf), No. 2 Virtually Ranked Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, Boxing World Champion 2019 Nesthy Petecio, and top boxers Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Irish Magno.

Completing Team Philippines’ roster are Elreen Ando (Weightlifting), Kurt Barbosa (Taekwondo), Margielyn Didal (Skateboarding), Luke Gebbie (Swimming), Kristina Knott (Athletics), Cris Nievarez (Rowing), Bianca Pagdanganan (Golf), Juvic Pagunsan (Golf), Remedy Rule (Swimming), Jayson Valdez (Shooting), and Kiyomi Watanabe (Judo).

Staying true to its thrust to bring amazing experiences to Filipinos through technology made simple, Smart has been breaking ground in delivering world-class events to subscribers through gigafest.smart.

For details and schedule, please click https://smart.com.ph/Pages/olympics-schedule.

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