Cris Nievarez in action TOKYO — A fiber-glass boat measuring 8.2 meters long and weighing around 14kgs will help launch on Friday, July 23, the Philippines’ campaign in the pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympic Games at the placid Sea Forest Waterway. Propelling the long, narrow oar-powered shell,...
Magnum Mebrere (MB Photo) TOKYO — Magnum Membrere, the former Ateneo Blue Eagle sharpshooter, polished off his breakfast omelet, answered a few questions, allowed two quick photos and was off to watch national rower Cris Nievarez in practice early Sunday at the Sea Forest Waterway in Koto City....
Cris Nievarez, right, with coaches Ed Maerina and Shukhrat Ganiev (Photo from Philippine Rowing Association) Rower Cris Nievarez immediately buckled down to work in preparation for his Tokyo Olympics campaign after being seen training at the competition venue last Sunday. In a series of photos...
EJ OBIENA (athletics) EJ Obiena This Tokyo Olympics could be the year for athletics as pole vaulter EJ Obiena is among the favorites to win a medal for the Philippines. The 25-year-old Tondo native aims to become the second Filipino from the sport to win an Olympic medal following Simeon...
Photo from Cris Nievarez's Facebook account Rower Cris Nievarez admitted to feeling the pressure of being the first athlete in the Philippine team to see action in the Tokyo Olympics late this month. Nievarez will debut in the men’s single sculls heats in the morning of July 23, a few hours...
Athletes receive their first dose of Sinovac vaccine last May 28 at the Manila Prince Hotel in Ermita, Manila. (Photo by Manny Llanes) All national athletes, coaches and officials can now get vaccinated against COVID-19. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced this...
A member of the national team receives her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel Friday, May 28. (Photo by Manny Llanes) National athletes, coaches and officials bound to the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games got their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 on...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
The members of the national rowing team, headed by its president Patrick Gregorio (third from left), pose for a photo during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum last January 2020. Philippine Rowing Association President Patrick Gregorio said plans are underway to put up a regional...
Cris Nievarez became the eighth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after organizers confirmed his qualification in the men’s singles sculls. The Philippine Rowing Association announced this on social media Monday, where the 21-year-old Atimonan, Quezon native will join pole vaulter EJ...
