A strong Philippine rowing team arrived in Chungju, South Korea on Sunday, April 14, to compete for Paris Olympic berths in the Asia and Oceania Qualification Regatta happening on Friday, April 19 to April 21. PH rowers campaign for Paris Olympic slots in the Asia Oceania Qualification Tournament...
National teams from women’s football and rowing leave for Hangzhou, China on Saturday, Sept. 16, for the 19 th Asian Games scheduled next week. The two squads will be the first PH crew to arrive in China as their competitions are set days before the official opening of the quadrennial event on...
Joanie Delgaco won a silver while Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez and the duo of Edgar Ilas and Zuriel Sumintac settled for bronze medals as the Philippine Rowing Team closed out their 31st Southeast Asian Games campaign on Saturday, May 14 at the Thuy Nguyen Boat Racing Center. The gold remained...
Officials and coaches of the national rowing team are optimistic their athletes will deliver podium finishes at the 31st Southeast Asian Games despite having to resort to borrow boats for the competition. Philippine Rowing Association president Pato Gregorio said they decided to seek help with...
Photo from the Philippine Rowing Association's Facebook page The Philippine rowing team started the year with a bang by reaping six silver and two bronze medals in the recent 2022 Asian Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships. Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez bannered the crew by bagging the silver medal...
It's all systems go for the Philippine rowing team ahead of its first competition of the year in the 2022 Asian Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships this month. Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez Leading the pack from Jan. 15 to 22 is Tokyo Olympian Cris Nievarez who will compete in the U-23 men's...
Cris Nievarez and Luka Doncic Rower Cris Nievarez said he learned plenty of lessons in his Olympic debut after finishing 23rd in the men’s singles sculls of the Tokyo Games. The native of Atimonan, Quezon said a Facebook post that the Tokyo stint has made him more motivated to do better moving...
Rower Cris Nievarez ended his Tokyo Olympics campaign in 23rd place after finishing fifth in the final D of the men’s singles sculls event at the Sea Forest Waterway. Nievarez clocked seven minutes and 21.28 seconds, almost 18 off final D winner Vladislav Yakovlev of Kazakhstan to wrap up his...
Cris Nievarez Rower Cris Nievarez resumed his campaign for consolation rankings on Thursday by finishing fifth in his classification group in the men’s single sculls in the Tokyo Olympics at the Sea Forest Waterway. Nievarez clocked 7 minutes and 26.05 seconds in the semifinal C/D behind Peru’s...
MB File Photo Rower Cris Nievarez failed to advance to the semifinal medal round after finishing fifth in his quarterfinal group in the men’s single sculls in the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, July 25 at the Sea Forest Waterway. Nievarez, 21, clocked 7 minutes and 50.74 seconds behind group winner...
DR Congo's Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (red) and Philippines' Nesthy Petecio fight during their women's feather (54-57kg) preliminaries boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) TOKYO — True to her word, Nesthy...
Coach Ed Maerina, right, with Cris Nievarez (Photo from Philippine Rowing Association) The surreal atmosphere still amazes rowing coach Ed Maerina even after 33 years since he last set foot in the Olympic stage. This time, he is not competing, but coaching one of the country’s promising athletes...
