PARIS (AP) — France will get just a partial Olympic win on Wednesday, July 24, when its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games is presented to IOC members. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AP) International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach confirmed Tuesday, July 23, that...
Fil-Swiss Alan Frei is hoping one day curling, a winter sport, will be popular in a tropical country like the Philippines. The Philippine curling team eyes for a coveted spot in 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Alan Frei) The 42-year-old national curling...
Filipino cross-country skier Avery Balbanida finished the race but couldn’t progress as among the 30 fastest skiers in the next round of men’s sprint freestyle event of fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games on Monday morning, Jan. 29, at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Gangwon, South Korea. ...
Avery Balbanida tries to score a great performance at the start of his cross-country event on Monday, Jan. 29, in the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games Cross-Country events at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Gangwon, South Korea. Coach Allison McArdle and Avery Balbanida Balbanida, 16, the...
GANGWON, South Korea -- Avery Uriel Balbanida has the entire weekend to test his readiness ahead of his first event on Monday, Jan. 29, in the Fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games. Avery Uriel Balbanida (left) and coach Allison McArdle Balbanida, 16, is entered in the men’s...
GANGWON, South Korea—Peter Groseclose came close to a podium finish but fell short after a collision in the men’s 500 meters of short track speedskating in the 4 th Winter Youth Olympic Games on Monday, Jan. 22. Peter Groseclose came close to the podium in the Winter Youth Olympic Games....
GANGWON, South Korea -- Laetaz Amihan Rabe has adapted to the slopes of the Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in Hoengseong and is ready for action in women’s slopestyle of free skiing of the Fourth Winter Youth Olympics set on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Laetaz Amihan Rabe (right) with POC...
GANGWON, South Korea -- Freestyle skier Laetaz Amihan Rabe will be the Philippines’ flag bearer during the parade of athletes in the opening ceremony of the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games on Friday evening, Jan. 19, that will be held simultaneous at the Gangneung Oval and PyeongChang...
GANGWON, South Korea -- Filipino short track speed skater Peter Groseclose set foot at the Youth Olympic Village at the Gangneung Wonju National University on Thursday, Jan. 18, and immediately plunged into training under Olympian coach John-Henry Krueger’s watchful eyes at the Gangneung Ice...
Speed skater Peter Groseclose has arrived in South Korea on Sunday, Jan. 14, ahead of this Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon. Peter Groseclose (File Photo/Philippine Skating Union) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol”...
South Korea takes center stage once again -- this time, the province of Gangwon -- when it hosts the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games from Jan. 19 to Feb. 1. Though this marks the first time that the Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held outside of Europe, South Korea isn’t new to...
Three athletes will represent the country in the upcoming 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games slated Jan. 19 to Feb. 1 in Gangwon, South Korea. The small Philippine squad will be composed of short track speed skater Peter Groseclose, cross-country skier Avery Balbanida and freestyle skier Laetaz Amihan...
