Two-time Winter Olympian figure skater Michael Martinez will be sitting out of the Olympic qualifiers this year as the Philippine Skating Union selected Sofia Frank and Edrian Celestino, and speed skater Julian Macaraeg to compete in two upcoming tournaments. (From left) Sofia Frank, Edrian...
A fundraiser was arranged for the Winter Olympic campaign of Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg. Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Screenshot from ISU Short Track’s Facebook page) Macaraeg posted a gofundme link on his personal Facebook account in the hopes of getting more support and...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed gyms, fitness studios, and other indoor-non contact sports venues in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area to resume operations at 30 percent venue capacity. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is UCLA-bound. (Photo from Julian Macaraeg's Instagram account) Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is set to join athletics powerhouse University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) soon. Macaraeg announced the development on Instagram Sunday, April 18,...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Photo from PHSU's Facebook page) Winter Youth Olympian Julian Macaraeg is hoping to bring more spotlight to speed skating in the Philippines despite being a tropical country. Macaraeg, the first Filipino speed skater to compete in the 2020 Lausanne Winter...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Screenshot from ISU Short Track's Facebook page) Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is eyeing no less than the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, a long-term goal he has been preparing for more than a decade now. "Competing in the Olympics in Beijing...
Alisson Perticheto (Photo from PHSU's Facebook page) Filipino-Swiss figure skater Alisson Perticheto has pulled out of the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden this week due to an injury. "I’m very sad to not participate to Worlds this week due to some bad shin...
Photo from PHSU's Facebook page Filipino bet Alisson Perticheto is set to compete in the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden next week. The Philippine Skating Union (PHSU) announced the development on its Facebook page Sunday, March 14, wishing...
Photo from Philippine Skating Union Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg sustained an injury on his left foot while competing for the final standings of the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Per Philippine Skating Union (PHSU), Macaraeg was taken out of...
From beating the heat to representing the country, figure skater Misha Fabian is a tropical storm in a winter wonderland It was the early 2000s. Smartphones were but a sci-fi concept, traffic from Makati to QC moved, and the just-launched ice rink at a major mall in Mandaluyong was a novelty for...
In this file photo taken on August 27, 2017, Singapore's Shuran Yu competes during the free skating event of the women's singles figure skating finals at the Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium (MYNISS) during the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN /...