MB File Photo Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott is looking at her Tokyo Olympics experience as a “glass half-full” as she looks forward to future big races next year. Knott, who holds two Philippine records, said she was trying to look at the silver lining despite failing to advance to the...
MB File Photo Fil-American Kristina Knott missed a place in the women’s 200-meter semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics after finishing fifth and last in Heat 7 at the Olympic Track Stadium Monday morning. Knott clocked 23.80 seconds in her group to trail behind United States’ Jenna Prandini...
MB File Photo Fil-American Kristina Knott debuts on track at the Tokyo Olympics Monday morning when she competes in the women’s 200-meter heats at the Olympic Track Stadium. Knott, who holds the national record in the event, is grouped in Heat 7 along with a personal best of 23.01 seconds and a...
Photo from AFP Hidilyn Diaz is already in the country since Wednesday, but she remains glued to the television and has regularly been updating on social media on the developments with regards to the campaign of Team Philippines in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Diaz, the first gold medal winner...
EJ Obiena Pole vaulter EJ Obiena is saddened by the news that world No. 2 Sam Kendricks of United States wouldn’t be competing in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) spokesman Edward Kho said it was unfortunate that...
Kristina Knott Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott isn’t settling for “just being happy and grateful” to be representing the country in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “It just doesn’t stop to being grateful,” Knott said during Saturday’s online press briefing with Manila-based reporters....
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...
Kristina Knott (MB File Photo) Kristina Knott’s dream doesn’t stop at just earning a berth to the Tokyo Olympics next month. The Fil-American sprinter said she is determined to make the most out of her experience at the grandest sports stage in the world despite facing tall odds in her event,...
Kristina Knott (left) and Kiyomi Watanabe Sprinter Kristina Knott and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe became the latest Filipino athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to start exactly 30 days from now. According to worldathletics.org, Knott earned a berth through universality place in the...
Kristina Knott (MB File Photo) Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott inched closer to qualifying standard times for this year’s Tokyo Olympics following her performance at the 2021 LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge, Louisiana over the weekend. Knott timed 11.28 seconds to finish fifth in the...
Kristina Knott. (MB File Photo) Fil-American trackster Kristina Knott boosted her campaign for an Olympic spot by claiming the silver medal in the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida over the weekend. Knott, a double gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, clocked 11.36...
