Gold medallist Lee Kiefer of the United States celebrates on the podium for the women's foil individual event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on July 28, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini, AFP

Aside from the 22 bets of the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, there are also a number of athletes with Filipino heritage who are representing other countries there. 

One of them is even set to go up against young star Carlos Yulo as Filipino-British Jake Jarman will also compete in the floor fxercise finals.

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The 22-year-old Jarman, whose mother is from Cebu, was ahead of the No.2-placed Yulo at the end of the qualifiers as he tallied 14.966, .200 more than the Philippines' 14.766.

Yulo, Jarman, and the rest of those who qualified for the floor finals will compete on Saturday, August 3, at 9:30 p.m.

On the other hand, Filipina-Japanese Yuka Saso is now set to carry the colors of the Japanese flag in the Olympics.

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Saso, whose mother is a Filipina, previously played for the Philippines' side in the 2021 Tokyo Games and finished ninth in the individual event.

And while she eventually opted to represent the Land of the Rising Sun starting in late 2021, Saso already emphasized in a previous interview that she will always have love for the Philippines.

"I'm thankful for my family back in the Philippines, all my sponsors who have been supporting me through ups and downs, and all the trust they have given me," she said in a media availability last June.

"I think I said this in other interviews as well. If I could put two flags beside my name, I would. But I cannot." 

"But I think the whole world already knows that I'm half-Filipino, half-Japanese," said Saso, who will start her Paris campaign on August 7.

Another Filipina who transferred nationalities is Maxine Esteban who recently competed in the women's individual foil together with her childhood friend Samantha Catantan.

READ: Esteban on quick Paris exit: 'I could've made Philippines, Côte d'Ivoire proud'

Her Olympic journey was dashed by France's Pauline Ranvier, 15-7, in the table of 32 on Sunday at the Grand Palais. 

The Filipina, who previously decided to represent Côte d'Ivoire in the quadrennial games, offered no excuses for her defeat but also admitted being disappointed. 

"[I'm] happy and sad, happy because I made it to the Olympics but sad because I could've done better," Esteban told ABS-CBN News. 

"A loss, no matter on what stage, will always be disappointing. There are no excuses. It's easy to say that this is my first Olympics and that I was facing the silver medalist from the last Olympics."

"But the truth is, I never felt like an underdog. For Cote d'Ivoire, for the Philippines, how could I? I always felt like I could win for them and make both my homes proud," she continued.

Meanwhile, Filipino-American Lee Kiefer recently won the Summer Games' women's individual foil for the United States yesterday at the Grand Palais.

Kiefer went over her fellow Team USA bet Lauren Scruggs in the Final, 15-6, and she also went past Hungary's Flora Pasztor in the quarterfinals, 15-4, and Italy's Alice Volpi in the semifinals, 15-10.

Her mother, Teresa, traces her roots to Davao del Norte, and eventually immigrated to the States as a child.