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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
At 4' 11", Hidilyn Diaz is the smallest among all the Filipino athletes who will be representing the country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But, boy, she is the strongest, pound-for-pound, among the 15-man RP contingent.
“Nagbuhat po ako ng 56 kilograms,” said Hidilyn when asked about her lifts.
The 17-year-old Zamboangeña, the first Filipino weightlifter to be named to the Olympic team since 1988, said she started competing at a young age. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
Former world champion Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria gets another chance to win a title after he accepted the mandatory challenge against IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis.
Viloria’s manager, Gary Gittelsohn, said in an interview over dzSR that the fight against Solis is "100-percent sure" to take place.
"It's a hundred percent it will happen because the IBF has notified us that we are the mandatory and we've accepted that mandatory challenge," said Gittelsohn. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
The main bulk of Team Philippines set foot here Tuesday, oozing with confidence and in high spirits three days before the 2008 Beijing Olympics formally comes off the wraps in this country of 2 billion people.
RP chef de mission Monico Puentevella led the Filipino contingent composed of 11 athletes and three top sports officials, who arrived in the bustling Chinese capital at around 11:30 a.m. following a four-hour flight from Manila via Philippine Airlines.
At the airport to meet the delegation was Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) spokesperson Joey Romasanta. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Manny Pacquiao will ask Oscar dela Hoya to shell out a little more than $750,000 for every pound in excess of the weight limit.
According to Pacquiao’s legal counsel, Franklin Gacal, $750,000 or a stagsgering P33 million may be too small an amount to keep Dela Hoya from weighing in heavier than the agreed limit. The Pacquiao-Dela Hoya fight, if it happens, will be pegged at 147 lbs, and while the Golden Boy’s camp had expressed confidence that he can make the limit, the Pinoy camp will make sure he does. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Finally, a fearless forecast of the Philippines’ Olympic expedition: Medals in taekwondo and boxing; gold in the special sport of wushu.
Philippine Sports Commission chair Butch Ramirez Sunday ended the game of playing safe, daring to predict that the 15-man Filipino contingent to the Beijing Olympics will not come home empty-handed. “The preparation is completed and based on what I see, we can win medals in taekwondo and boxing,” said Ramirez. “And either gold or silver in wushu.” |
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