Published July 10, 2021, 1:50 PM
Photo from Cris Nievarez’s Facebook account
Rower Cris Nievarez admitted to feeling the pressure of being the first athlete in the Philippine team to see action in the Tokyo Olympics late this month.
Nievarez will debut in the men’s single sculls heats in the morning of July 23, a few hours before the grandest stage in sports is formally opened.
“Yung pressure andun po pero sanay na po tayo dun,” Nievarez told
Manila Bulletin.
The 21-year-old Atimonan, Quezon native, however, sees this schedule as a blessing since there would be a number of elimination races until it reaches the Final 6 for the medal race.