Filipino swimmers came close to qualifying to the finals of the mixed 4x100-meter freestyle relay following their record-breaking performance in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, Feb. 17. The team of Jarod Hatch, Kayla Sanchez, Teia Salvino and Jerard Jacinto...
Filipino-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez failed to reach the final round in the women's 100-meter freestyle event of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Feb. 15. The 22-year-old Sanchez clocked 55.07 seconds for 15th spot, which was also short of the Olympic qualifying...
Filipino swimmers finally made a splash at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships after resetting the national record in the mixed 4x100-meter medley relay on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Doha, Qatar. The team of Jerard Jacinto, Thanya Dela Cruz, Jarod Hatch and Kayla Sanchez clocked 3 minutes and 53.91...
The Philippines stumbled on the opening day of the swimming competitions at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships after it failed to advance to the next round on two events on Sunday, Feb. 11, in Doha, Qatar. Fil-Canadian Kayla Sanchez is leading the PH team in the world championships. (File...
Olympians Jasmine Alkhaldi and Kayla Sanchez banner the seven-player Philippine squad when the swimming competition kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 11, in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Kayla Sanchez, left, and Jasmine Alkhaldi compete with five other Filipinos in the World...
SANCHEZ MIRA, Cagayan – An endangered Olive ridley sea turtle was rescued here on Sunday night, January 14. Residents of Barangay Namuac saw the stranded female turtle on the beach and immediately reported their discovery to authorities. AN Olive ridley sea turtle was rescued on Sunday,...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally approved the application of swimmer Kayla Sanchez to represent the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a letter addressed to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino dated Nov. 29, the IOC Executive Board “decided...
HANGZHOU, China – Led by Kayla Sanchez, the 9-man Philippine swimming team broke 5 national records in the fast and furious 6 days competition in the 19th Asian Games at the city’s magnificent Swimming and Diving Centre here. Kayla Sanchez (POC) Sanchez, who played a key role in two of...
HANGZHOU, China – Incredibly proud. That was how Fil-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez felt after making two in a row in the 19th Asian Games here. Fil-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez (AFP) Not in the podium but for setting new Philippine records in two times she saw action. In Monday’s...
HANGZHOU, China – Fil-Canadian Kayla Sanchez summoned every ounce of her energy in the hope of breaking the so-called Great of Wall of China in the women’s 50-meter backstroke of the swimming competitions in the Asian Games on Monday, Sept. 25, here. But again, she failed....
HANGZHOU, China – What good about Fil-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez is that she’s humble and forthright. No alibis whatsoever. Kayla Sanchez (File photo) So when she failed in her first test after the Philippine 4x100m freestyle relay team finished a far fifth in the contest...
HANGZHOU, China – Tokyo Olympic veteran Eumir Marcial gave Mongolia’s Dalai Ganzorig a neat lesson in boxing while two-time Olympic swimming medalist Kayla Sanchez failed in her first test in the Asian Games here. Eumir Marcial is too classy for his Mongolian opponent....
