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Lydia De Vega was Asia’s fastest woman during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong Alay program in Track and Field. Hence turning the Philippines into a superpower in Asian Track and Field and inspired national pride in being Filipino.
2022 ASEAN University Games Athletics Underway as the Philippines doesn’t enter any team The 2022 ASEAN University Games started already in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Surprisingly the Philippines via the FESSAP failed to register a team in time. FESSAP whose focus was on the 2022 World University Games which was postponed to 2023. Did not register … Read more
OPEN LETTER TO TERRY CAPISTRANO PRESIDENT OF PATAFA PART 1 Unlimited Chances? why we are falling behind in some events at SEA Games With all due respect to Popoy Juico. If it was Michael Keon or a Keon-type leader running PATAFA. He would not be giving unlimited chances to coaches who were no longer productive. … Read more
Athlete Poaching Below is an article on Athlete Poaching and coaching etiquette. This was summarized and compiled by an Australian Coach. I will look for more peer-reviewed materials next time. I asked Darren for permission to use his article on Athlete Poaching. And am very grateful he allowed me to share his views. In some … Read more
PATAFA Ignored my Recommendation for EJ Obiena 2014 Asian Games and Several other athletes PSC Files Attached is a copy and paste from a 2014 Letter which I provided that EJ Obiena should be selected for the Asian Games in 2014 and furnished to PATAFA via the Philippines Sports Commission. Obiena, Griffey, and others were … Read more
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana is the 100m World Junior Champion Botswana star Letsile Tebogo smashes his world U20 100m record, clocking 9.91 (0.8m/s) to retain his title, at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. Tebogo also broke his world junior record yet again which he had run 9.94 in heats of the World … Read more
Lythe Pillay powers to 400m victory in 45.28 | World U20 Championships 2022 South Africa hasn’t won a global title for some seasons now but they got a surprise U20 one in the shape of Lythe Pillay who still looks like has more in the tank to go sub 45. Following in the footsteps of … Read more
Marestella Long Jump Queen Competition (July 30, 2022) The Marestella Long Jump Queen event in my view was far better than any PATAFA event I have seen during the pandemic following reasons. 1. Commentators who made the event interesting and didn’t just read out BIB Numbers which Bore the viewers. I have already told PATAFA … Read more
Top 10 SEA Athletes Philippines Track and Field Photo Credit: Roger Pe #1 Elma Muros, 15 Individual Golds Muros attended her first SEA Games in 1981 at the age of 14. One of the youngest ever competitors in the Philippines Track and Field. She won her first gold medal in the Long Jump at the age … Read more
Marestella Torres – Joins the Legends of Track and Field A career that spanned over 2 decades. After 23 years of loyal service to the national team, Marestella Torres finally hangs up the spikes and focuses on other ventures. One of the greatest ever Filipina Athletics Athletes of the 21st Century. Her feats in the … Read more
1. Sprinters Genetic: Top sprinters may have the key gene
2. Sprinters Genetic: Born to Run? MRI scans reveal sprinters have different bone structure from the rest of us
Long Slow Running Builds long slow sprinter
Cross country isn’t called cross country for anything.
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https://www.pinoyathletics.info/top-sprinters-genetic-factor/
2022 Philippines Marathon Results Preparation Run Cebu Results from July 24 2022 Philippines Marathon Davao Ultra Runners Club Event Report Rrrrrrricky Organiza! (July 10) The Davao Ultra Runners Run for a cause is the biggest event in Mindanao so far this year on the road run circuit with a prize of 10,000 pesos for … Read more
Profile: Born: 17th November 1995 College: the University of Santo Tomas (previously Ateneo De Manila) Coach: Vitaly Petrov and Emerson Obiena Philippine Team 2014 Onwards Ernest John Obiena is Filipino Pole Vaulter. He holds all four significant national Pole Vault records. He has broken the Philippine National Record 16 times. Also holding the National Record … Read more