OLYMPICS 08-08-08 (Beijing)

[Archer sensAtion]

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sugdan nato ni beh..

i update lang nako ni...

kmusta man ang athletes nato?... maau unta mka gold ta

[piolo_askal]

Hopefully naay maka medal ani nila.. GO FOR GOLD!!

Archery: Mark Javier, Jonathan Dean
Athletics: Henry Dagmil, Maristella Torres
Boxing: Harry Tañamor
Diving: Rexel Ryan Fabriga, Sheila Mae Perez
Shooting: Eric Ang
Swimming: Miguel Molina, James Walsh, Ryan Arabejo, Daniel Coakley, Christel Simms
Taekwondo: Tshomlee Go, Mary Antoinette Rivero
Weightlifting: Hidilyn Diaz

Highlighted are athletes who competed at the 2004 Olympics held at Athens, Greece.

Flashback:
Going back to 2004, Mary Antoinette "Toni" Rivero came a game short of winning a bronze medal in taekwondo and had the best finish in the 2004 Olympic Games for Philippines. She defeated Vanina Sanchez Beron of Argentina (10-10) via superiority in her first fight and defeated Charmie Sobers of Netherlands (10-4) in the quarterfinals before losing to Elisavet Mystakidou of Greece (2-3) for a slot for the gold medal match. She lost to Hwang Kyun-Sun of South Korea for the bronze medal match.

So far, Philippines has yet to win a gold medal in the Olympics. The closest Philippines have done was in 1964 in Tokyo when Anthony Villanueva won silver in boxing for the men's featherweight category and in 1996 when Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco won silver in boxing for the men's light flyweight division. Other than them, Filipino winners (bronze) in the Olympics are: Teofilo Yldefonso (1928 Amsterdam Swimming Men's 200 meter breaststroke and 1932 Los Angeles, Swimming Men's 200 meter breaststroke), Simeon Toribio (1932 Los Angeles, Athletics Men's high jump), Jose Villanueva (1932 Los Angeles, Boxing Men's bantamweight), Miguel White (1936 Berlin, Athletics Men's 400 meter hurdle), Leopoldo Serantes (1988 Seoul, Boxing Men's light flyweight), Roel Velasco (1992 Barcelona, Boxing Men's lght flyweight).

[Motownkid]

gituyo jud na nga 8-8-08 mag start ang Olympics? swerte man daw na sa mga Chinese nga date..

maka-gold na jud cguro ta ani... kung dili lang tikasan.

[Motownkid]

in 1996 when Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco won silver in boxing for the men's light flyweight division.

kini GOLD naman jud ni. grabeh lang jud ang tikas, obvious ra kaayo. nahilom ra intawn ning isyuha.

Kahilakon gud ko nagtan-aw ani bisan bata pa ko ato.hehe

[Archer sensAtion]

kini GOLD naman jud ni. grabeh lang jud ang tikas, obvious ra kaayo. nahilom ra intawn ning isyuha.

Kahilakon gud ko nagtan-aw ani bisan bata pa ko ato.hehe

mao jud bro...

jawa krjaw ton ija na kontra... puntos lagi sa kontra if si Onyok maka igo...tsk tsk

[bearbrandy]

Go for GOLD...

[chad_tukes]

layo ra kau ang possibility maka daog ang Philippines ug GOLD sa Olympics.

bigger budget means better training---and hires the best coaches around.

let's not lose hope though... basin pa diay maka bronze ta.

[JSL]

go for gold philippines

[piolo_askal]

Di ko familiar sa other sports but I think the best chance that we've got, setting aside luck, is in Taekwondo. Both Go and Rivero are seasoned international veterans that have competed and won numerous tournaments worldwide. One serious threat is standing in Go's way though is Chinese Taipei's Chu Mu Yen. Chu is hailed as the best in their division since around 2002 and defeated Go once, 0-7!!

Manny Pacquiao ang flag bearer sa Philippines!!

[JeffCee]

Nice!! looking forward on to to these... Go RP!