Olympian Jayson Valdez has been with the Philippine team long enough to know the ins and outs in the shooting association. Jayson Valdez. (Jayson Valdez' Facebook post) Despite the latest brouhaha that engulfs the shooting association, Valdez, who saw action in the Tokyo Games, remains apolitical....
Jayson Valdez Shooter Jayson Valdez said his maiden Olympic stint has motivated him to aspire for bigger things. Valdez finished 44th out of 47 participants in the men’s 10-meter air rifle to bow out of medal contention in the Tokyo Games. But the 25-year-old said in a recent social media post...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Shooter Jayson Valdez failed to enter for the medal round after finishing 44th in the men’s 10-meter air rifle qualification of the Tokyo Olympics. Valdez compiled 612.6 points after six series which quickly ended his maiden appearance in the Summer...
KRISTINA KNOTT (athletics) Kristina Knott Her participation in the 200-meter race will make Knott the first Filipina sprinter in the Summer Games since Lerma Bulauitan competed in the century dash at Melbourne in 2000. Since representing the Philippines in 2018, Knott, whose mother hails from...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
Hidilyn Diaz and her team More Filipino delegates are entering the Athletes’ Village with less than a week left before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially fires off on July 23. As of Sunday afternoon, weightlifter Elreen Ando, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, shooter Jayson Valdez, their coaches and...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez considers qualifying to the Tokyo Olympics a blessing in disguise after setting aside his plans to join the Philippine Army. Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Call it a divine intervention of some sort, Valdez said the qualifiers have become a test of...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Coming off a drastic change in lifestyle, shooter Jayson Valdez is optimistic heading to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which will unfold next month. The son of three-time SEA Games 1987 gold medalist Julius Valdez said that he has been hitting 630 and 631 in training--scores...
The latest Filipino athlete to officially qualify in the Tokyo Olympics joins Team Philippines Chef De Mission to the Southeast Asian Games Ramon Fernandez in an interesting discussion Tuesday in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum online edition. Air rifle shooter Jayson Valdez...
Mikee Romero Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero lauded the inclusion of shooter Jayson Valdez to next month’s Tokyo Olympics, saying his time has finally come to make a difference. “I have known him since teenage days because he was part of my youth team when I was still the president of the shooting...
204159370_522653288777560_2463553271871350710_n Shooter Jayson Valdez dreamed of making it to the Olympics – literally. Back in 2018, the 25-year-old had a dream about competing in the sports’ grandest stage and winning the gold medal. He is a step closer to living that reality after recently...
Jayson Valdez Jayson Valdez joined the growing list of Filipino qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics after earning a slot in the men’s air rifle 10-meter event through the quota system. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced this development Saturday, June 19, saying...
