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A thunderous round of applause greeted the performance of the first Filipino athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. 17-year old Michael Christian Martinez gave a near-perfect performance, attaining 19th place with a score of 64.81. His performance raises the possibility of the Philippines winning a medal in the Sochi Winter Olympics.
The sole Filipino Olympian in the Sochi Winter Olympics targets a place in the Top 24 of the Figure Skating event, competing against the best skaters in the world. If he makes it, he’ll be eligible competing for the gold medal round.
Winter Olympics happens only once every four years, and this week marks the start of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Although officially running from 7 February to 23 February 2014, selected figure skating, skiing, and snowboard competitions began on the eve of the Opening Ceremony, 6 February 2014. Sochi Winter Olympics riveted us with snowboarding event on Thursday, Britain’s Billy Morgan being the first competitor on the first as he showed a breath- taking […]
Athletes are already on their way to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
