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Fil-Am swimmer shatters 4 Philippine records
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 02:51
Erica TottenFil-Am swimmer Erica Totten made big waves over the weekend when she shattered four national marks at the Austin Grand Prix ’09 competition in the US.

Totten, an RP team member on scholarship at the University of Arkansas under coach Jeff Poppel, broke Akiko Thomson’s 16-year-old RP mark in the 200-meter individual medley with a new time of 2:23.59. Thomson previously held the record with 2:24.19, which she set at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games.

Totten also pulled off record-breaking feats in the 400m IM, 400-m freestyle, and 800-m freestyle.
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Phelps eager to get back in the pool
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Friday, 23 January 2009 06:00
Michael Phelps returned to training this week, five months after his record-setting performance at the Beijing Olympics.

He didn't expect it to hurt so much.

"I'm in a world of pain right now," Phelps said on Thursday during a teleconference to mark yet another award: His selection by the U.S. Olympic Committee as its sportsman of the year for 2008. "It's all over my body. I'm almost in a state of shock. Literally every part of my body is hurting."
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Better chance for RP tankers with new Olympic format
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:30
SwimmingThe Philippine swimming team competing in the Beijing Olympics this August will have a fair chance of winning with the current format at the world’s most prestigious sporting event.

Head coach and former Olympian Carlos “Pinky” Brosas said the relatively new format of holding the preliminary matches in the evening leveled the playing field for the RP team.

“It gives us a fair chance kasi normally ‘yan lalangoy ka ng prelims mo sa umaga and when hindi kondisyon ang katawan mo,” said Brosas.
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Medalists in Asean Para Games to receive recognition
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Monday, 18 February 2008 01:00
The Iloilo Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and the provincial government is set to give due recognition to Ilonggos who won medals in the 4th Asean Para Games 2008 in Thailand.

Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Neneth Pador said these athletes deserve recognition for giving honor not only to the province but to the country.

Two Ilonggo athletes joined the Philippine delegation to the ASEAN Para Games held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand last January 17 to 27. They are May Rose Devaras and Anne Grace Abeto.

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