Post by quattro on Jul 7, 2008 3:18:43 GMT 7
Unless last-minute additions come along, the Philippines will be sending only a 31-man delegation to the Beijing Olympics this August.
The number includes the 14 athletes who earned berths to the quadrennial meet led by gold medal hopefuls boxer Harry Tanamor and taekwondo jins Marie Antoinette Rivero and Tshomlee Go, their respective coaches, RP Chef de Mission Monico Puentevella, delegation administrative in-charge Moying Martelino and three members of the medical staff.
The list is comparably lower than in the 2004 Athens Olympics where close to 40 people composed Team Philippines, 16 of them were athletes from the sport of boxing, taekwondo, archery, athletics, shooting and swimming.
Other than diving, the Filipino athletes bound for Beijing are going to compete in practically the same sports events where they saw action in Athens.
Aside from Tanamor, Go, Rivero and shooter Eric Ang, also earning berths to the Olympic Games are swimmers Miguel Molina, JB Walsh, Ryan Arabejo, Christel Simms and Daniel Coakley, divers Sheila Mae Perez and Ryan Rexel Fabriga, and archer Mark Javier.
The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has yet to name its two official entries pending the outcome of the ongoing Asian Grand Prix series, although Henry Dagmil and Marestella Torres are the two leading candidates likely to get the slots.
The country came up short of ending its Olympic gold medal drought in the Greece capital four years ago.
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco said winning a breakthrough gold in the quadrennial meet remains the foremost objective of the RP contingent, but wouldn’t mind either if the Filipinos would again fail to achieve the feat for as long as they did a creditable job in Beijing.
The Philippines' best bets:
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Trivia:
The Philippine athletes have not won a gold medal at the Olympics, but among demonstration sports, the country has gained one gold in Bowling (Arianne Cerdena) in the Seoul 1988 Olympics.
All in all, Filipinos have earned two silver and seven bronze medals at the Olympic Summer Games.
Silver medals:
Anthony Villanueva, Boxing, featherweight, 1964
Mansueto Velasco Jr., Boxing, light flyweight, 1996
Bronze medals:
Teofilo Yldefonso, Swimming, 200 m breaststroke, 1928, 200 m breaststroke, 1932
Simeon Toribio, Athletics, high jump, 1932
Jose Villanueva, Boxing, bantamweight, 1932
Miguel White, Athletics, 400 m hurdles, 1936
Leopoldo Serrantes, Boxing, light flyweight, 1988
Roel Velasco, Boxing, light flyweight, 1992
The number includes the 14 athletes who earned berths to the quadrennial meet led by gold medal hopefuls boxer Harry Tanamor and taekwondo jins Marie Antoinette Rivero and Tshomlee Go, their respective coaches, RP Chef de Mission Monico Puentevella, delegation administrative in-charge Moying Martelino and three members of the medical staff.
The list is comparably lower than in the 2004 Athens Olympics where close to 40 people composed Team Philippines, 16 of them were athletes from the sport of boxing, taekwondo, archery, athletics, shooting and swimming.
Other than diving, the Filipino athletes bound for Beijing are going to compete in practically the same sports events where they saw action in Athens.
Aside from Tanamor, Go, Rivero and shooter Eric Ang, also earning berths to the Olympic Games are swimmers Miguel Molina, JB Walsh, Ryan Arabejo, Christel Simms and Daniel Coakley, divers Sheila Mae Perez and Ryan Rexel Fabriga, and archer Mark Javier.
The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has yet to name its two official entries pending the outcome of the ongoing Asian Grand Prix series, although Henry Dagmil and Marestella Torres are the two leading candidates likely to get the slots.
The country came up short of ending its Olympic gold medal drought in the Greece capital four years ago.
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco said winning a breakthrough gold in the quadrennial meet remains the foremost objective of the RP contingent, but wouldn’t mind either if the Filipinos would again fail to achieve the feat for as long as they did a creditable job in Beijing.
The Philippines' best bets:
Harry Tañamor
Tshomlee Go
Mary Antoinette Rivero
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Trivia:
The Philippine athletes have not won a gold medal at the Olympics, but among demonstration sports, the country has gained one gold in Bowling (Arianne Cerdena) in the Seoul 1988 Olympics.
All in all, Filipinos have earned two silver and seven bronze medals at the Olympic Summer Games.
Silver medals:
Anthony Villanueva, Boxing, featherweight, 1964
Mansueto Velasco Jr., Boxing, light flyweight, 1996
Bronze medals:
Teofilo Yldefonso, Swimming, 200 m breaststroke, 1928, 200 m breaststroke, 1932
Simeon Toribio, Athletics, high jump, 1932
Jose Villanueva, Boxing, bantamweight, 1932
Miguel White, Athletics, 400 m hurdles, 1936
Leopoldo Serrantes, Boxing, light flyweight, 1988
Roel Velasco, Boxing, light flyweight, 1992
