Harry Tanamor Wins Gold in Russia

Veteran Olympian Harry Tanamor rebounded from his fruitless Olympic campaign in Beijing back in August. The 31 year-old Filipino boxer won a gold medal in the International Amateur Boxing Association World Cup held in Moscow, Russia.

Tanamor defeated a Polish boxer in the semi-finals faced the tough Cuban Yampier Hernandez in the finals. Tanamor, who possibly fought his last bout, dismantled Hernandez and scored a commanding 15-7 to win the gold medal in the light-flyweight division.

Tanamor, a staff sergeant in the Philippine Army, won a silver medal in the 2007 World Championship on his way to the 2008 Olympics. He was highly anticipated as the only Filipino athlete to win a medal in Beijing but was unexpectedly ousted by Manyo Plange of Ghana in the first round.

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Willy Wang Bags a Gold Medal in Beijing

Filipino athlete Willy Wang won a gold medal in wushu demonstration event in Beijing yesterday. Wang emerged as the gold medalist in the wushu nanquan and nangun event after he defeated 20 other competitors.

Wang’s gold medal is a consolation to somehow make up for country’s mediocre campaign in the Beijing Olympics. But wushu is categorized as a demonstration/exhibition sport; Wang’s gold medal will not be counted in the regular Olympic standings.

Three other Filipino wushu artists, Mary Jane Estimar, Marian Mariano and Benjie Rivera have secured bronze medals after winning their opening matches and advancing to the semifinal phase. Estimar, Mariano and Rivera are competing in the sanshou (combat) events. The semifinal matches are scheduled this Saturday.

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Team Philippines Medal-less in Beijing Olympics

RP team is going home without any medal from Beijing Olympics. The country’s of winning a medal fizzled after Marie Antoinette Rivero lost her bout against Croatia’s Sandra Saric in the preliminaries of the 67 kg category of women’s Olympic taekwondo. Rivero, a two-time Olympian, lost to Saric 4-1.

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