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Originally Posted by thescene

The last man standing for team Philippines Daniel Caluag starts his campaign in the BMX cycling at 10:45 PM. This round is the seeding round to determine which heat he will race in in tomorrows quarterfinals.

BMX women's seeding underway. Mens start at 10:45am ET. First rider to ride the course is Daniel Caluag.

[r0mm3l]

sana gumising na ang psc, poc at ibang sports org. wag na sanang i.politicized ang sports. wew! a VERY disappointing Olympics for PH. oh well. may next time pa

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BMX Men's seeding underway. So far, all riders that went after Daniel Caluag ride faster than him.

[dinabaw]

sana may medal sa slowest!lol

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kahit sa pagandahan ng riding jersey, talo eh

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I think despite being the slowest rider, he still qualifies for tomorrow's run. He's not actually dead last among the riders, one rider crashed and did not finish. I think he'll be matched up with those with the fastest times .

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BMX Rider Daniel Caluag finished 31st out of 32 riders.



Filipino-American rider Daniel Caluag got off to a bad start in his London 2012 campaign, finishing last in the seeding run of the BMX competition Wednesday.

Caluag went first and finished with a time of 40.9 seconds, 3.121 off the first place time of Dutch rider Raymon van der Biezen. That time was good for 31st place. The 32nd competitor, Latvian Edzus Treimanis, did not finish the race.

The last Filipino representative in London, however, still has a chance to bounce back on Thursday, when the quarterfinals of the BMX competition gets underway. No cyclist has been eliminated from contention so far.

Caluag, the only Asian to qualify for the London Games, had strong showings leading into the Olympics, including a quarterfinal finish in the UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham, England that clinched a seat in London.

[Ramson]

London 2012 Olympics Updates on Philippines:


Swimming's Jessie Lacuna fails to qualify in 200 meter freestyle and was ranked 36th place with a time of 1:52.91

Weightlifting's Hidilyn Diaz also fails to advance even finishing 3rd in Snatch in Women's -58 kg. She fails to finish in 3 tries in Clean & Jerk.

Shooting's Brian Rosario is another Filipino fails to advance into the next round after finishing 30 out of 36 Skeet Shooting with the score of 110 out of 125 maximum points

Boxing's Mark Barriga delivers a knock down over Italian's Manuel Cappai during the Light Flyweight (49 kg) match and advance to the next round (1/16) after winning a 17-7 points.

Archery's Rachelle Anne Cabral lost to Inna Stepanova of Russia with a score of 7-1, getting just a draw in the 3rd set, and losing the other 3 sets

Swimming's Jasmine Alkhaldi also fails to qualify in the semi-final heat in Women's 100M Freestyle after finishing 34th place out of 50 swimmers with the time of 57:13

Archery's Mark Javier fails to beat Brady Ellison of USA with an identical score to the lone female category of 7-1, getting just a draw in the 3rd set and losing the other 3 sets

Judo's Tomihiko Hoshina lost to Sun-min Kim of South Korea by only an ippon.

Boxing's Mark Barriga lost to Birzhan Zhakypov of Kazakhstan with a slim difference of 17-16 in favor to the Kazakhs. Both boxers was deducted in the last round with Barriga twice and once by Zhakypov. Entering in the final round, Barriga was 2 points advantage but losses a final 9-6 point in the last round.

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Athletics' Marestella Torres fails to qualify in the next round on Women's Long Jump after finishing 22nd with a distance of 6.22 meter.

Athletics' Rene Herrera fails to qualify after a disappointing 2nd to the last place finish in Men's 5000 meter run with a time of 14 minutes 44.11 seconds.

On Filipino athletes:
10 FAILS; 1 LEFT

I blamed the POC for this for not giving a full support to the athletes

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by edly

So can our Government also naturalize & train Chinese gymnasts or African runners too? MAybe through this we can finally have gold/s.

Masmura kung bibigyan nalang ng citizenship yung mga magagaling na foreigners




I think we can't just blame the POC. Sports by large is not that incorporated in academics as it is in other countries. Dapat sa school umpisahan yan. Better intensives and more competition esp outside of the country para magauge natin ang mga ginagawa ng mga taga-ibang bansa. Exposure, exposure, exposure. Rehabilitate PE curriculum. Baka puedeng gawing elective ang PE, kung gusto nyo magTennis, Volleyball, Football, etc...

Also, maybe we could pay for foreign trainers na nagtretrain ng different nationalities?

[Nabartek]

San ba puedeng makapanood ng olypics na free streaming. No cable eh. hanggang basa basa lang ang news updates ako.

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Originally Posted by Nabartek

Masmura kung bibigyan nalang ng citizenship yung mga magagaling na foreigners




I think we can't just blame the POC. Sports by large is not that incorporated in academics as it is in other countries. Dapat sa school umpisahan yan. Better intensives and more competition esp outside of the country para magauge natin ang mga ginagawa ng mga taga-ibang bansa. Exposure, exposure, exposure. Rehabilitate PE curriculum. Baka puedeng gawing elective ang PE, kung gusto nyo magTennis, Volleyball, Football, etc...

Also, maybe we could pay for foreign trainers na nagtretrain ng different nationalities?

pinoy youth would rather audition for senseless reality tv shows and artista -search. such a waste

[Nabartek]

In which, usually their careers are short lived

Baka mas may chance pa tayo kung magnanaturalize tayo like that Chinese lady and that Smart Gilas guy..forgot their names



O kaya magoutsource ng tisoy at tisay

We shouldn't be complaining about tisoy and tisays and naturalized players dominating our sports. Not many natives are interested in sports by large. Baka puede maghanap hanap sa mga international schools sa Pilipinas. Puede magstart dun.

Usually, bandwagon sports fans. Kung ano ang uso, doon susunod. Noon billiards ang pinapanood ngayon boxing..dahil "uso"... hayz...

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Originally Posted by Nabartek

In which, usually their careers are short lived

Baka mas may chance pa tayo kung magnanaturalize tayo like that Chinese lady and that Smart Gilas guy..forgot their names



O kaya magoutsource ng tisoy at tisay

We shouldn't be complaining about tisoy and tisays and naturalized players dominating our sports. Not many natives are interested in sports by large.

Usually, bandwagon sports fans. Kung ano ang uso, doon susunod. Noon billiards ang pinapanood ngayon boxing..dahil "uso"... hayz...

nauso din naman ang badminton, a sport best suited for the pinoys' built. bandwagoners jumped in, courts have sprouted. gears and rackets dropped their prices, local and international tournaments got organized. the sport has become cool and it has become masa! But 10 years after it became "The" national past-time, it went down to obscurity once again. I wonder what happened.

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Italy knocks out United States in Men's Volleyball



The defending Olympic champion U.S. men's volleyball team was eliminated from the London Games on Wednesday with a straight-set quarterfinal loss to Italy. The fifth-ranked United States struggled to defend against captain Cristian Savani, who had 19 points in the 28-26, 25-20, 25-20 victory for the sixth-ranked Italians.

[Nabartek]

Because by large, Filipinos interest in sports is superficial. It is not nurtured where it should be -- schools. The PE curriculum is so-so that students mostly see it as a burden and waste of time. Filipinos rave what is fed to them by the media.

On the other hand, we should also have a real free sports channel or program in Filipino to cater to the "masa".

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the NBC commentators were all praises during the first 2 and 3/4 sets of the US match vs the Russians. They said the Americans were built for the gold and were clearly the superior team amongst all the participants. Then the Russians saved the match-point and proceeded to win the last 3 sets ending the match. I think that lost unraveled the Americans and made them doubt, entering the medal rounds. And now, Italy eliminated them. Those NBC talking-heads are all full of shit.

bwahahahaha..

[Nabartek]

NBC must have forgot that Europe is a sports powerhouse. o_o Maybe except for American football because I can't think of any country that plays that besides the US

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Women's 200m Finals:

American Allyson Felix finally wins gold, upending the Jamaicans. Jamaican100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraiser-Pryce came in second and American 100m silver medalist Carmelita Jeter, third.

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Mens 110m Finals:

American Aries Meritt gets the gold, American Jason Richardson silver, and
Jamaican Hansle Parchment the bronze



Defending gold medalist Cuba's Dayron Robles pulled up limping on the 4th hurdle and did not finish

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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh have won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal, beating fellow Americans Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16.



May-Treanor and Walsh, who came out of retirement for these Olympics, only dropped one set in the entire tournament.

Kessy and Ross seemed to be making a run, but Ross missed a serve long at 14-15 that stopped her pair’s momentum. A final serve by Ross sailed long to end the match, sending May-Treanor to her knees in celebration.