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[Title] => Ateneo's Ricaforte breaks 34-year-old Philippine discus record
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[Title] => Hoffman also relegated to repechage in Olympic hurdles
[Summary] => Another Philippine bet in hurdling is relegated to the repechage round, after Filipina Lauren Hoffman finished last in her heat in the Paris Olympics’ women’s 400 meter hurdles Sunday evening (Manila time).
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[Title] => Duplantis to unleash 'inner' pole vault contest as Olympics beckon
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[Title] => Obiena-led Philippine athletics squad hopes for better SEA Games campaign
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[Title] => 'Champion of life': Indian track legend PT Usha mourns loss of rival Lydia De Vega
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[Title] => 'Asia's fastest woman' Lydia de Vega succumbs to cancer
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[Title] => New kid to be blocked
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[Title] => Help needed as cancer-stricken track and field great Lydia De Vega in 'critical condition'
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[Title] => Cray keen on clinching Olympic hurdles berth
[Summary] => The 32-year-old 2016 Rio Olympian clocked 51.6 seconds in the 400m hurdles and in copping a bronze medal in the 2021 Michael Johnson Invitational at the Baylor University’s Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium in Waco, Texas.
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[Title] => Ateneo's Ricaforte breaks 34-year-old Philippine discus record
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[Title] => Hoffman also relegated to repechage in Olympic hurdles
[Summary] => Another Philippine bet in hurdling is relegated to the repechage round, after Filipina Lauren Hoffman finished last in her heat in the Paris Olympics’ women’s 400 meter hurdles Sunday evening (Manila time).
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[Title] => Duplantis to unleash 'inner' pole vault contest as Olympics beckon
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[Title] => 'Champion of life': Indian track legend PT Usha mourns loss of rival Lydia De Vega
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[Title] => 'Asia's fastest woman' Lydia de Vega succumbs to cancer
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