THE US-based curling organization needs to prove it has athletes capable of representing the country in international competitions before being accepted as a member or recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). “Do they have athletes? What important are athletes?” POC president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said on Wednesday. “But…
BEIJING The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will embark on a search for homegrown and heritage Filipino athletes who could potentially qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano and Cortina in Italy. POC President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said the POC will encourage the Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation (PSSF)…
YANQING, China WHEN Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz prepared, trained and competed in Tokyo last year, she had her own Team HD (for Hidilyn Diaz). Team HD was composed of Chinese coach Kaiwen Gao, strength and conditioning coach and soon-to-be husband Julius Naranjo, sports nutritionist Jeaneth Aro and sports psychologist…
CRASHED OUT. Coach Will Gregorak (left) and Asa Miller discuss their strategy prior to the men's slalom race of Alpine skiing in the ongoing Winter Olympic Games in Yanqing, China on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022). Miller crashed out again after he got DNF (Did Not Finish) in the first run of his second and last event. (Contributed photo) YANQING, China - Asa Miller just couldn't solve The Ice River and for the second straight time and in his second consecutive Winter Olympics, he got a DNF (Did not Finish) in the first run of men's slalom of Alpine skiing on Wednesday when the weather was better than the first time he was DNF in giant slalom three days ago. Teary eyed, Miller walked to the side heads bowed of the track that was cruel on 34 skiers-the 21-year-old Filipino-American included-who failed to complete out of the 89 starters. "I have a fault also," said Miller, who was accompanied by American coach Will Gregorak at the Athletes' Area before deciding to go
YANQING, China For the second time in four days, the gods of the Chinese winter didn’t smile on Asa Miller as the 21-year-old Filipino-American bombed out of the first run of men’s slalom of Alpine skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Thus, in two events one better than during his Olympic…