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Elreen Ando 4th at World Champs Elreen Ando finishes a commendable 7th As the old saying goes Rome wasn’t built in a day. But Ando gave the Philippines another top 8 finish going with Margielyn Didal, Nesthy Petecio (ongoing), and the brilliant Gold of Hidilyn Diaz. And Elreen Ando finished a commendable 7th at her … 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
Ways to Improve Athletics in the Philippines First Published Sept 24, 2013 Coming a long way since and wrote this article. I have put my feedback in red. Read commentary by Pirie Enzo. Ways to Improve Athletics in the Philippines. Due to the sheer size of this article, I have had to divide it into … Read more
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN KIDS WITH SPORTS The majority of kids spend their time in school, but they’re not given time to play sports and enjoyment. The reason behind this is that the schools don’t have enough facilities for sports, or the administration does not understand the significance of physical activities. In schools, break time is … Read more
Carlos Yulo wins 2nd Gold Medal at Gymnastics World Championships 2021 Olympics: Carlos Yulo puts up gallant stand, finishes 4th in the vault final Carlos Yulo gained a measure of redemption in the artistic gymnastics men’s vault final, but his gallant stand proved not enough to secure a medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at … Read more
Powerlifting Philippines Joyce Reboton Medals at Worlds October 2021 Veronica Ompod four Gold Medals at World Championships October 2021 Powerlifting Philippines including Records Below is a list of the Philippine Powerlifting Records (Deadlift, Bench, Squat to parallel or down). Kindly supplied by national weightlifting coach Edmundo Cardano. Included in the list of Records … Read more
Carlo Paalam settles for silver Carlo Paalam rounds off the Philippines’ best-ever Olympic Showing. With a 4-0 loss to Galal Yafei. The Philippines now ends its Tokyo 2021 Olympic Campaign with 1 Gold, 2 Silvers a bronze. Carlo Paalam moves to challenge for Gold in Olympic Final. The Philippines now has the chance of winning … Read more
Eumir Marcial ends up with the Bronze August 5, 2021 Eumir Marcial of the Philippines lost his match with 2017 World Middle Weight Champion Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine 3-2 in the Middle Weight (69-75kg) Semi-Final 1 in Tokyo. This means he will miss out on the Gold/Silver medal final match. Marcial will now battle it … Read more
remedy rule July 30, 2021 Fil-Kiwi swimmer Luke Gebbie ended his Olympic campaign, winning Heat 5 in 22.84 in the 50 FreeStyle but finished 41st of 47. Ending his Olympic Campaign in Tokyo. The mark was not enough to break his national record of 22.57 in the Australian National Trials last July in Adelaide. Caleb … Read more
Irish Magno ends Olympic Campaign after loss to Thai Opponent July 29, 2021 Irish Magno suffered a shocking, crushing defeat to her Thai Opponent, Jitipong Jutamas. In the 2nd round of the Tokyo Olympics Women’s Boxing. Jutamas, the only bronze medalist at the 2019 SEA Games in the 51kg category, had a decisive victory over … Read more
Judo Philippines – Kiyomi Watanabe bows out of opening Judo Match Kiyomi Watanabe, who was touted by the media as an Olympic medal hopeful, has lost her opening match against Cristina Perez Cabana of Spain in the first round of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Cabana won on Ippon with 10 points eliminating Watanabe of the … Read more
4th Time Lucky Hidilyn Diaz wins the Philippines first ever Olympic Gold Hidilyn Diaz makes Philippine HISTORY! This is the first Olympic gold medal that the Philippines ever won! And in the process set a new Olympic record in the clean and jerk and total lift. We will finally hear the Philippine National Anthem in … Read more