Last year, we introduced you to Adeline Dumapong, a weight lifter from Ifugao who has been winning medals for the country. [In case you missed our posts about her, click here and here.] Now, here’s a video which features Adeline along with other Filipino weight lifters. Her segment starts after about two and a half minutes. Be inspired.
Category Archives: Sports
Kicking Ass for the Nth Time
Congratulations kailiyans! This team from the University of the Cordilleras captured three championships during the Universal Reality Combat Championships held last June 30 at The Fort in Taguig City. From left: Kevin Belingon, Edward Folayang, Mark Sangiao, and Rey Docyogen.
Belingon, Folayang, and Docyogen emerged as champions in their respective categories. Sangaio is the coach of the team.
The List: More on Julian Chees
Do you remember Julian Chees? To refresh your memory, Chees is an iFontok who’s made a name for himself in the world of karate. He made it to the 6th installment of our List of Achievers where we stated that our kailiyan has won several karate titles.
Not a lot of us know about Chees’ exploits because he was representing Germany (where he is based and where he is known as kleine Phillippino) when he won his many titles.
Billy Alumno Shows Us How To Kick Ass
Why do Igorots excel in combat sports? Dahil malakas ang kanilang tuhod! This video is proof kung gaano kalakas ang tuhod ng mga taga bundok. So all that hiking over hills and mountains and rivers and dales is not a waste. Related post on Billy here.
RELATED POST: Part 15: Igorot Achievers. VIDEO CREDIT: Wanlu88.
Palarong Pambansa 2007: How Did Our Kids Do?
Are you a sports junkie? Well I’m not, but in one of my past lives, I used to do freelance work writing stories about athletes. So sports is a topic I’m somewhat interested in but not to the point where I qualify as a junkie. I follow Roger “The Greatest of All Time” Federer’s exploits though, but he’s not been winning lately so I’m kinda avoiding going to the tennis pages. What’s up Roger? Get a grip of yourself and start raising trophies again will you.
Anyways, our kids from the Cordilleras went down to Mindanao this week to compete in the Palarong Pambansa which, as you may already know, is our national athletic meet for elementary and high school students. So how did the kids from the boondocks do? Not bad, my friends, not bad at all.
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