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Rowing – Cris Nievarez bows out of Quarter Finals July 25, 2021 Philippine Rowing lone representative Cris Nievarez ended his olympic campaign placing 5th of 6 rowers in quarter final #4 of the Mens Single Sculls at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Nievarez final time of 7:50.74 was well off his heat qualifying time of 7:22.97. … Read more
Pinoyathletics National Virtual 1k Challenge (attempt at the National Record) July 23, 2021 Myl Campoamor clocked a time of 4:09.42 (Garmin) to win the Women’s 35-39 title at the Pinoyathletics National 1000m Challenge. This mark did not count towards a Philippine Masters Record as 1000m is considered a track event and it needs to be … Read more
Olympic games athletics schedule *All times in Japan Standard Time (JST) Date and Time: Fri 30 July 9:00 – 12:30 Venues: Olympic Stadium Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 Men’s High Jump Qualifying Round Men’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round Women’s 800m Round 1 Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 Women’s 100m Round 1 Date and Time: Fri … Read more
Obiena finishes 4th at Stockholm Diamond League July 4, 2021 Ernest Obiena has finished 4th at the Stockholm Diamond League behind Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.02m, Sam Kendricks 5.92m (USA), and Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.92m. EJ cleared 5.82m a week after setting a new Philippine and SEA Record of 5.87m. EJ Obiena 5.87m Philippine Outdoor Record … Read more
Margielyn Didal 10th Filipino to qualify for Tokyo Olympics June 10, 2021 MANILA – Skateboarder Margielyn Didal became the 10th Filipino athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after World Skate, the international sports association for skateboarding and other roller sports, released the latest world rankings. Didal maintained her number 13 ranking in the women’s street … Read more
Philippines Swimming 2021 – Remedy Rule doesn’t progress past heats 24 July, 2021 As the swimming started at the Tokyo Olympics. Fil-am Remedy Rule finished 2nd in her heat of the 100m Butterfly. However she was not able to pass the heats with a time of 59.68 placing 2nd. Finishing behind E. Walshe of Ireland … Read more
SEA Games Council moves SEA Games to 2022. July 25, 2021 I have been advised from my sources that the SEA Games will be held in April 2022. No exact date has been announced but the SEA Committee will decide that soon. July 8 , 2021 31st SEA Games 2021 postponed to the year 2022 … Read more
Irish Magno qualifies to the next round Like her compatriot Nesthy Petecio Filipino boxer Irish Magno has won her opening match in her olympic debut and made it out of the round of 32 to the round of 16. Magno who is in the 48-51kg Fly weight category defeated Christine Ongare of Kenya 5-0. With … Read more
Philippines Masters Athletics Records (as of July 25, 2021) Categories for Masters are in 5-year brackets starting at 35. e.g. 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, etc… Age on the day is considered eligible for bracketed age records. Feel free to add more this is a work in progress (some records may be replaced if more data becomes … Read more
Nesthy Petecio – beats the opponent to qualify to next round of Olympic Boxing Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines won her opening match against Marcelat Makobi Mashu of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The 2019 World Champion downed her opponent 5-0 with a unanimous decision to progress to the quarter-finals of the 2020 … Read more
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Regine Tugade Watson of Guam #1 July 22, 2021 There is not just one but two Filipina sprinters at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games also qualifying with the universality rule along with Kristina Knott of the Philippines is Regine Tugade-Watson who represents Guam (2 Filipino parents). Will lineup in the 100m while Kristina Knott is … Read more
Tokyo Olympics medal predictions in every event (associated press) Let’s see how many of these Associated Press Tokyo Olympics medal predictions come true. I looked through the Track and Field Predictions and had a bit of a laugh. TOKYO (AP) — Olympic medal predictions by AP beat writers: TRACK AND FIELD 100 meters Men … Read more
‘The Leader of Men’ Ruperto Evangelista -The Greatest Coach in Philippine Track and Field History From Left Claro Pellosis, Ruperto Evangelista, Aparicio Mequi, Walter Brown (swimmer), Isac Gomez, and Edison Diamante at the 1958 Asian Games. Published on January 1, 2020. Ruperto Evangelista Not much information is available online regarding the Great Coach of the … Read more