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                    [Title] => RP tracksters vie in Malaysian Open
                    [Summary] => 

Six Asian Games-bound track and field athletes will get to gauge their readiness for the Guangzhou Asiad when they compete in the Malaysian Open Athletics Championships in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 30-31.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097461 [AuthorName] => Olmin Leyba [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295116 [Title] => Torres bags silver in Asian long jump, sets mark [Summary] => Marestella Torres has arrived. Torres became the new toast of Philippine athletics after legends Lydia de Vega and Elma Muros by winning the silver medal in the women’s long jump final in the 16th Asian Athletic Championships in Incheon, Korea on Sunday.

Her leap of 6.63 meters is only .02 centimeters off the golden jump of Bobby George Anju of India (6.65), way better than the 6.52 of bronze winner Ikeda Kumiko of Japan, and broke the Philippine record of 6.56 co-owned by the now semi-retired Muros and Lerma Bulauitan (2004).
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193555 [Title] => Cash-starved PSC adopts belt-tightening schemes [Summary] => Faced with a thinning budget against a growing financial requirement brought about by preparations for the 2003 Vietnam Southeast Asian Games, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) yesterday said it will limit its expenses to the minimum to be able to fund its projects for the year. [DatePublished] => 2003-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193298 [Title] => 3As to boost RP as sports, tourist haven [Summary] => The 15th Asian Athletic Championships could very well be one of the answers the Philippines is trying to seek to reclaim its image as a sports-oriented and tourist-friendly country before the world.

This view is shared by Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association president Go Teng Kok and Asian Athletics Association (3As) secretary-general Maurice Nicholas who called on the Filipino nation to back up the staging of the prestigious meet on September in Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193385 [Title] => Pagtatanghal ng 3A's mag-aahon sa imahe ng bansa [Summary] => Ang nalalapit na 15th Asian Athletic Championships ang posibleng isa sa kasagutan sa pagtatangka ng Philippines na muling maiahon ang imahe ng bansa bilang sports-oriented at tourist-friendly country.

Ang nasabing pananaw ay ibinahagi ni Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association president Go Teng Kok at Asian Athletics Association (3As) secretary-general Maurice Nicholas na nanawagan sa Filipino nation na suportahan ang pagdaraos ng prestihiyosong meet na ito sa September sa Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193166 [Title] => Sports leaders throw support to 15th Asian athletic meet [Summary] => The 15th Asian Athletic Championships to be hosted by the Philippines on September was launched yesterday with no less than International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative Frank Elizalde leading the country’s sports bigwigs in a show of unity and cooperation rarely seen the past few years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193234 [Title] => 15th Asian Athletic Association inilunsad [Summary] => Matagumpay na inilunsad kahapon ang 15th Asian Athletic Championships na iho-host ng bansa sa Setyembre 18-21.

Mismong ang International Olympic Committee representative Frank Elizalde ang dumalo sa paglulunsad na ginanap sa Tiara Hotel sa Makati City.

Dumalo din ang ilang pinuno ng National Sports Association, PSC commissioner Mike Barredo, Manila Sports Council head Ali Atienza at maging si NCRPO Director Gen. Reynaldo Velasco para suportahan ang national trackfest na magbibigay muli sa bansa ng panibagong anyo.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171986 [Title] => Pinoys not yet up to Asian level [Summary] => COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Filipino Eduardo Buenavista, the Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and groomed to be a future Asian champion, gave the 5,000m run his best shot, but it could only land him sixth place Monday at the close of the 14th Asian Athletic Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium here. [DatePublished] => 2002-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172073 [Title] => Buenavista pang-6th place lang sa 14th AAC [Summary] => COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Ibinuhos lahat ni Filipino Eduardo Buenavista ang kanyang lakas sa 5,000 run, subalit hindi ito naging sapat at lumagpak lamang ito sa ikaanim na puwesto noong Lunes sa pagtiklop ng 14th Asian Athletic Championships sa Sugathadasa Stadium dito.

Nanatiling nakabuntot si Buenavista sa seven-man lead pack hang-gang sa huling tatlong laps, subalit hindi niya nasustinihan ito at siya ay kinapos pagdating sa huling 300m.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171726 [Title] => Pinays snap medal drought [Summary] => COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Lerma Bulauitan-Gabito and Marestella Torres finished 2-3 in the women’s long jump Saturday, snapping the Philippines long medal drought in the Asian Athletic Championships.

Gabito’s silver was the country’s best in 17 years while Torres’ bronze matched Elma Muros-Posadas effort in the 1993 Manila edition of the event being held at the Sugathadasa Stadium here for the first time.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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