RP athletes at the 2012 Olympics

[majicminded]

Semplang na ulit ang Pilipinas sa women's long jump...

Marestella Torres falls short on her long jump campaign---
Torres’ best jump of 6.22 meters in her last attempt fell way short of the qualifying threshold. She jumped 5.89 meters and 6.21 meters in her first two attempts. Her mark left her in 22nd place in a field of 28 athletes.

[ceedee]

Semplang na ulit ang Pilipinas sa women's long jump...

Marestella Torres falls short on her long jump campaign---
Torres’ best jump of 6.22 meters in her last attempt fell way short of the qualifying threshold. She jumped 5.89 meters and 6.21 meters in her first two attempts. Her mark left her in 22nd place in a field of 28 athletes.

dont expect na magkaka-medak pa tayo. in fact, I don't expect that Herrera and Calioag to make it in the finals of their respective event.

[ricksinz]

Semplang na ulit ang Pilipinas sa women's long jump...

Marestella Torres falls short on her long jump campaign---
Torres’ best jump of 6.22 meters in her last attempt fell way short of the qualifying threshold. She jumped 5.89 meters and 6.21 meters in her first two attempts. Her mark left her in 22nd place in a field of 28 athletes.

Such a disappointing performance for Torres.

[TheEndofDays]

The latest check sa medal tally let's see sa mga kapitbahay sa SEA - Indonesia 1 silver 1 bronze, Malaysia 1 silver, Thailand 1 silver, Singapore 2 bronzes..Tayo mukhang malabo na ata magkamedalya kelan pa kaya magigising ang bansa para umangat sa Olympics kahit konti, no excuses!

Ang Indonesia at Malaysia, malaki ang kampante nila sa Gold sa badminton. Kaya pinadala nila ang pinaka magaling nila (Hidayat, Santoso, Chong Wei) halos buhos performance na pero walang nagawa sa hagupit ng China

[vict0ryliner]

Olympics: Filipina long jumper Marestella Torres fails to make the cut
August 8, 2012 4:06am

Filipina long jump bet Marestella Torres failed to qualify for the medal round, achieving a best distance of 6.22 meters on her last attempt, Tuesday (early Wednesday, PHL time), good for 22nd place out of a field of 28.

She notched just 5.98 meters on her first attempt, followed by 6.21 meters on her second try, before winding up with her best distance of 6.22 meters.

Great Britain's Shara Proctor topped the qualifiers with a 6.83 meter performance, one of four to hit the qualifying mark and automatically proceed to the finals.

The other three were Janay Deloach of the United States (6.81), Karin Mey Melis of Turkey (6.80), and Elena Sokolova of Russia (6.71).

Veronika Shutkova of Belarus rounded out the top 12 with a distance of 6.40 meters.

With Torres out of the running, that leaves just two Filipinos still in the hunt, namely runner Rene Herrera of the 5000m and BMX biker Daniel Caluag, both of whom will see action on Wednesday. - AMD, GMA News

link: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...o-make-the-cut

[TheEndofDays]

Dapat ang training natin very very strict, pero sabihin naman ng mga athleta di maganda ang pag trato sa kanila. If you know the story of Lydia de Vega's training "sinabi sa kanya ng kanyang ama, huwag mong subukan! gawin mo!"

[ex deo scientia]

Wonderful analysis! Sharing for those who are interested in Olympic sports.

Bob Beamon’s Long Olympic Shadow

One Race, Every Medalist Ever

Racing Against History

[Cool_Enz]

Ang presidente natin magaling lang kapag Hollywood celebrities ang kaharap. Super excited kapag sina Jeremy Renner na ang kaharap. Pag athlete natin, tama na ang simpleng send off.

Take note. P-Noy was ABSENT during the send off ceremony for RP athletes bound for the London Olympics. The only Philippine president in history to miss such event. From Manuel Quezon to Gloria Arroyo, they were all there to see off RP delegates.

[ceedee]

Take note. P-Noy was ABSENT during the send off ceremony for RP athletes bound for the London Olympics. The only Philippine president in history to miss such event. From Manuel Quezon to Gloria Arroyo, they were all there to see off RP delegates.

according to his spokesman (er..woman), he was playing Olympic Games with Josh and Bimbi sa PS2.

[Cool_Enz]

^ Just how ignorant Malacañang is about the present situation of Philippine sports?

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda even lauded the performance of RP athletes in last year's SEA Games in Indonesia saying that they did a good job. The country finished sixth overall - its worst performance ever.

[majicminded]

I dont expect. Milagro pag nagkamedal pa tayo. I wont give any single sh!t with our current leader specially the POC and PSC officials, also Pacquiao (inspite of his influence) to have a long term sports program to get our very first gold medal or at least ensure a medal every olympic games.

dont expect na magkaka-medak pa tayo. in fact, I don't expect that Herrera and Calioag to make it in the finals of their respective event.

[fauzwin]

bawi na lang tayo sa RIO! masakit man pero wala tayo magagawa di naman talaga priority ng karamihan(government and mga ordinary citizens) dito sa ating bansa ang SPORTS! pero sana yung FOCUSED-SPORTS POLICY merong magawang milagro. wag ng pilitin ang basketbol kasi hanggang SEA games lang tayo jan!

pa-OT lang.

Take note. P-Noy was ABSENT during the send off ceremony for RP athletes bound for the London Olympics. The only Philippine president in history to miss such event. From Manuel Quezon to Gloria Arroyo, they were all there to see off RP delegates.

at ano ba ang naging resulta ng pagdalo ng previous presidents sa send-off party ng mga athletes? me ginto bang naproduce?

^ Just how ignorant Malacañang is about the present situation of Philippine sports?

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda even lauded the performance of RP athletes in last year's SEA Games in Indonesia saying that they did a good job. The country finished sixth overall - its worst performance ever.

anong gusto mong gawin ikahiya ng gobyerno ang mga atleta?

[Cool_Enz]

at ano ba ang naging resulta ng pagdalo ng previous presidents sa send-off party ng mga athletes? me ginto bang naproduce?

Yes, the country won medals in the Olympics in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1964, 1988, 1992 and 1996.

anong gusto mong gawin ikahiya ng gobyerno ang mga atleta?

Don't be a hypocrite. If you know your sports history, why would you congratulate a country that finished sixth among 11 nations in this biennial meet. RP just placed ahead of traditional minnows Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei and Timor Leste.

My point is Malacañang is so not aware about the present situation of Philippine sports that it thought that the country's sixth place finish in Palembang/Jakarta is actually good.

[2011 Topnotcher]

Darn..

Sayang ang talent ng mga Pinoy..

I do hope they'll overhaul the sports program.. Enough politics.. Replace the under-performing leaders.. I believe in meritocracy!

Furthermore, money would always be a problem.. I get it! May mga issues at problema na mas kailangan ng goverment fundings. PERO may corporate sponsorship naman.. It is a very accessible fundings.. All they (corporations) want is a better program, honesty and integrity...

[Lucio_Liu]

bawi na lang tayo sa RIO! masakit man pero wala tayo magagawa di naman talaga priority ng karamihan(government and mga ordinary citizens) dito sa ating bansa ang SPORTS! pero sana yung FOCUSED-SPORTS POLICY merong magawang milagro. wag ng pilitin ang basketbol kasi hanggang SEA games lang tayo jan!

pa-OT lang.



at ano ba ang naging resulta ng pagdalo ng previous presidents sa send-off party ng mga athletes? me ginto bang naproduce?

at anong klaseng pag-iisip yan?! Ang importante ay naipakita niya ang suporta niya sa mga atleta!
siya ang lider ng bansa, he has to give inspiration!
yung iba ngang bansa, even their president or high officials nasa London pa nga to cheer their athletes kahit alam nilang impossibleng magka medal! But you don't need to be there dahil gastos lang yun, malaking gastos ba just to cheer for your country and send them off, yan yung spirit of Olympics!

you sound like an UGLY AMERICAN at the Olympics katulad nung nabasa kong article dito ah...

[_Bahay_Kubo_]

how do you expect support for Filipino athletes when the most basic of their needs- a modern, Olympics-standard sports complex, most especially a brand-new, 50,000-seat athletics and football stadium, here in Metro Manila- could be given to them by the State? prime property at Fort Bonifacio or the Manila Bay Reclamation Area could have been saved for that pero wala pa din. inconsistent programs plus lack of adequate support from both the State and the private sector equals poor performance of Filipino athletes in international sporting events.

[mccallister]

itong mga malalaking companies sa Pinas binubuhois nila ang pera sa basketball na hindi naman world-class ang galing natin diyan.

Dapat ang isang malaking company ay mag-support ng mga athletes at mag-concentrate sa isang sport.

For example ang isang kilalang beermaker mag-sponsor ng ilang boksingero at isang maperang oiler mag-train ng ilang divers o archers. Pwede rin tayong manalo na gold medal sa shooting, equestrian, marathon, walkathon and synch swimming. Dapat itong mga athetes natin ay ma-train from their childhood katulad sa US at China. Imagine sa dami ng mga malalaking companies ang ini-spoil ang mga basketball players na wala namang binatbat overseas.

[mccallister]

maraming bansa na mas marami pa tayong financial resources kaysa kanila. For example, ang Jamaica at ang mga East Europeans at pati iyung mga former states ng USSR nanalo ng golds pero mas nakakalamang naman tayo kung dadaanin sa dami ng mga companies na magsusuporta ng mga magagaling na athletes.

[mccallister]

itong mga nakakaangat na mga syudad at provicia sa Pinas tulad ng Makati, Manila, QC, at marami pang iba isama na ang Batangas, Davao, Iloscos etc na tularan nila ang stilo ng sa US at China na mag-especialize sa isang sport. Kaya naman siguro ng mga local government na gawin iyan.

[mccallister]

I forgot to mention the universities and all the educational institutions sa Pinas. Sa kanila karamihan nanggagaling ang mga athletes natin. Anong nangyayari sa mga sport schoalrship nila? Imagine lahat ng educational institutions sa Pinas ay nago-offer ng sport sholarship. mukhang walang nagagawa sila o naitutulong para advancement ng competitiveness ng ating mga athletes.