PHNO-SP: WHO ARE THE PHILIPPINE ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS?

WHO ARE THE PHILIPPINE ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN LONDON 2012
OLYMPICS?

[PHOTO - The Philippine Olympic Team at 2008 Beijing
Olympics]
MANILA, JULY 21,
2012 (CEBLOGGER SPORTS) Ceblogger's Sports Blog - Who are the athletes
from the Philippines who will compete in the London 2012 Summer Olympics?
Sadly, the Philippine contingent for this Olympiad will be the smallest
delegation in the history of its participation in the Olympics since 1932 – 11
athletes in 8 sports.
You might ask if we are sending teams for basketball and football. The answer
is no, because we have not qualified. We're only sending players who have
qualified and these are:
1. Mark Javier – Archery – Men's individual
2. Rachel Cabral - Archery –
Women's individual
3. Rene Herrrera - Athletics (Men) – 3000 m steeplechase

4. Marestella Torres – Athletics (Women) – Long jump
5. Mark Barriga –
Boxing – Light flyweight
6. Daniel Caluag - Cycling – Men's BMX
7.
Tomohiko Hoshina – Judo – Men's +100 kg
8. Brian Rosario - Shooting – Skeet

9. Jessie Khing Lacuna – Swimming (Men) – 200 m freestyle
10. Jasmine
Alkhaldi – Swimming (Women) – 100 m freestyle
11. Hidilyn Diaz -
Weightlifting – Women's -58 kg
The Philippines has not produced a gold medal yet though it has already
collected 2 Silvers and 7 bronzes since it's participation in 1924.
The last time the country brought home a medal was in 1996, where boxer
Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco snared a silver at the Atlanta Olympics.
Philippine Olympic Medal Hopefuls
I am not discounting the chances of the other athletes but in the country's
history, our best chance is in boxing. Philippine boxing team's tally is 2 golds
and 3 silvers.
Though their output is very pale compared to our boxing pros holding world
champion belts, I still believe we can surprise the boxing world with our fists.
But the question is: Why is it that we only have one who qualified?
Philippine Olympics Results Prediction
I'm counting on ether Mark Barriga, Tomohiko Hoshina and Brian Rosario to
bring home at least a bronze. If anyone brings home that elusive gold medal, I'm
sure he'll receive a hero's welcome, a dinner with the President, endorsement
contracts, and lots of financial rewards. He might even get a movie contract as
well.
London 2012 Olympics runs from July 27 to August 12, 2012.
FROM THE INQUIRER
Fresh from overseas training, archers Mark Javier and Rachel
Anne Cabral and Fil-Japanese judoka Tomohiko Hoshina leave for London w/
Philippine team chef de mission Manny Lopez


[PHOTO -VICE PRESIDENT OF POC, MANNY LOPEZ]
Archers, judoka off to London Philippine Daily Inquirer 1:58 am | Thursday,
July 19th, 2012 3 0 Fresh from overseas training, archers Mark Javier and Rachel
Anne Cabral and Fil-Japanese judoka Tomohiko Hoshina leave tonight for Hong Kong
en route to London to join eight other teammates seeing action in the Olympic
Games.
Javier, Cabral and Hoshina comprised the last group of Filipino athletes to
take off for the British capital, more than a week before the Olympics opens
with a welcome party on July 27.
They came back the other day after wrapping up the final phase of their
respective buildups in South Korea and Japan.
Philippine team chef de mission Manny Lopez, who left on Tuesday evening,
will meet the trio at the Heathrow airport and accompany them to the Olympic
Village, home to more than 16,000 athletes and officials from 204 nations for
the next three weeks.
Long jumper Marestella Torres, long distance runner Rene Herrera, shooter
Brian Rosario, boxer Mark Anthony Barriga, and swimmers Jasmine Alkhaldi and
Jessie Khing Lacuna will also check in in the 65-acre Village.
These athletes are now on the closing stage of a free three-week training
camp. BMX rider Danny Caluag, presently training in the Netherlands, is expected
to join his teammates early next week.
Athletes arrive in London, airport under pressure
Agence France-Presse 1:59 am | Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

[PHOTO -Airport police patrol the arrival area of Terminal 4 at
Heathrow Airport in London Monday, July 16, 2012 as the London prepares for the
2012 Summer Olympics. Competitors are arriving in London during preparations for
the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games.(AP Photo/Charlie
Riedel)]
LONDON—The Olympic Athletes' Village opened its doors Monday to the first
competitors as the logistical operation to handle the arrival of thousands of
athletes and officials shifted into a higher gear.
London's Heathrow Airport was expecting to handle a record number of
passengers, with the Olympics arrivals swelling numbers to almost 237,000 at the
west London hub, compared to 190,000 on an ordinary day.
The first priority "Games Lane" went into operation on the M4 motorway
leading from Heathrow, to allow athletes and officials to be whisked to their
destinations without being delayed by London traffic.
It emerged that nine police forces have had to deploy extra officers to help
with security for the Games, a week after the government was forced to draft in
3,500 troops to meet a shortfall in private security guards.
At Heathrow, where passengers have complained of being stuck in passport
queues for several hours in recent weeks, the addition of extra border officials
appeared to have eased the process.
There were few complaints from spectators or athletes, who were greeted by
more than 500 volunteers as they landed.
The Netherlands women's beach volleyball team flew in from Amsterdam in a
blaze of orange tops and said they were impressed by the setup.
One of the players, Marleen van Iersel, 24, told AFP: "From the moment we
walked off the plane there were people helping us straight away. It is very
well-organized."
A large US contingent also arrived at Heathrow, including members of the
sailing teams.
But experiences of the early arrivals were mixed, with two-time world 400
meters hurdles champion Kerron Clement claiming the bus ferrying him and his US
teammates from Heathrow to the Athletes' Village had taken four hours.
Clement tweeted: "Um, so we've been lost on the road for 4hrs. Not a good
first impression London.
"Athletes are sleepy, hungry and need to pee. Could we get to the Olympic
Village please."
At the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, the village was ready and
waiting to welcome its first inhabitants.
Competitors and officials will be accommodated in 2,818 apartments across 11
residential blocks, each built around a courtyard offering athletes space to
relax.
Organizers could do nothing though about the grey skies and persistent
drizzle in London as athletes got a first taste of their home for the next three
weeks.
The Australian team have already taken over several balconies of one block,
with a banner reading "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie; Oi, Oi, Oi" draped across them.

The furore over the giant private security firm G4S showed no signs of
abating, despite ministers' insistence that the Games would be secure.
G4S has insisted that the extra police drafted in should be able to withdraw
in the next few days.
"This situation is being rectified over the coming days, which should lead to
the withdrawal of police officers from those roles assigned to private
security," a G4S spokesman said.
In a heated parliamentary debate on the security issue, Home Secretary
Theresa May said it was "untrue" that ministers knew last year that there would
be a shortfall in the numbers of security personnel they had been promised.
"G4S repeatedly assured us that they would overshoot their targets," she
said.
Shares in the company, which says it is likely to lose £50 million ($78
million, 63.5 million euros) over the debacle, dived 10 percent in early trading
in London before recovering slightly to close down 6.66 percent.
What is billed as the biggest anti-doping operation in Olympic history also
got under way on Monday.
Half of all competitors will be tested with a team of 150 scientists taking
more than 6,000 samples between now and the end of the Paralympic Games on
September 9.




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