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                    [Title] => Hurting Rivero comes out winner despite loss
                    [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) — She fought through the pain and breaks and against a hostile crowd and came so close to winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal but she failed despite a courageous stand.


But Marie Antoinette Rivero left the luxurious blue mat of the Faliro Hall Saturday evening more a victor, particularly to a bunch of Filipino supporters who cheered her on in four rugged matches in the women’s under 67 kg.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262505 [Title] => Draw holds key to Filipino jins’ bid [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom)— With its ranks dwindling to a precious few, the Philippines hopes to make a good draw in taekwondo and rekindles its hopes going into the final week of the Athens Games.

"We will fight as if there’s no tomorrow," said national coach Jobet Morales on the eve of the draw set Thursday at the Faliro Sports Pavilion here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262409 [Title] => Now it’s all up to the jins [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) — Filipino taekwondo jins found themselves in the same situation four years ago as the last national athletes with a realistic chance to claim an Olympic medal in the Athens Games.

With its hopes to medal inside the ring vanishing into the night at Peristeri Hall, the compact RP team brings its mission to the mats of this ancient Korean martial art placed on a raised podium at the Olympic Pavillion beginning Thursday.
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