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                    [Title] => RP medic comes to jins rescue
                    [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) — He rushed through a cluster of Philippine officials and media men and went straight to Toni Rivero’s dressing room clutching a bag of ice in mid-morning.


Later in the day he spent close to three hours with Donny Geisler at the Athletes’ Village polyclinic doing X-ray, CT-Scan and Sonogram on a dislocated ankle and two tendons.

It was a busy day for RP delegation medical director Dr. Jose Raul Canlas as he worked on the two injured Filipino jins who came up with courageous stand to salvage an Olympic medal for the country.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263002 [Title] => RP jin poised to make it to medal round [Summary] => ATHENS (via Globe Telecom) – The Philippines found some ray of hope for an Olympic medal as Maria Antoinette Rivero swept past two rated rivals and advanced to the semifinals of the women’s taekwondo yesterday at the Faliro Sports Pavilion here.

But the other Filipino jin, Donald Geisler III, lost a close encounter with former world champion Bahri Tanrikulu of Turkey, waging an amazing comeback and leading in the last 32 seconds before bowing out on superiority.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263069 [Title] => May pag-asa na sa medalya [Summary] => Athens (Via Globe Telecom) – Nakita ng sikat ng pag-asa para sa Olympic medal ang bansa nang walisin ni Mary Antoinette Rivero ang dalawang naunang kalaban at umusad sa women’s taekwondo kahapon sa Faliro sports Pavillion dito.

Gayunpaman, hindi naman sinuwerte si Donald Geisler III sa kan-yang mahigpit na engkuwentro kay dating world champion Bahri Tanrikulu ng Turkey, bagamat nagsagawa ng mainit na rally ang Pinoy sa huling 32 segundo ng laban bago yumuko sa pamamagitan ng superiority.
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Two-time Olympic veteran Donald Geisler III and newcomer Maria Antoinette Rivero square off with a former Turk world titlist and a seasoned Argentine, respectively, at the Faliro Sports Pavilion.

"They’re consumed and focused," said Robert Aventajado, president of the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA).
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