PH bet Caluag finishes last in BMX seeding run, gets ready for the quarterfinals

1:56 am | Thursday, August 9th, 2012

DANIEL CALUAG goes airborne in the London Olympics BMX cycling’s seeding run on Wednesday. PHOTO TAKEN WITH CANON EOS 7D

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ last chance for a medal in the London 2012 Olympics didn’t exactly start off well.

Fil-American Daniel Caluag clocked in second to the last among 32 bikers in the seeding run of the men’s BMX competition Wednesday in London.

But Caluag, though, has an ample chance to redeem himself and still get that elusive medal.

Caluag was 3.121 ticks behind the leader Netherlands’ Raymond Van Der Biezen, who had a time of 37.779, and ahead of Latvia’s Edzuz Treimanis, who did not finish the race.

The seeding run was just to determine which heat Caluag will be placed in for the quarterfinals and doesn’t eliminate him from the competition.

Caluag will be in Gate 8 in Heat 3 on Thursday, alongside some of the riders who made it to the top 10 in the seeding run.

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Tags: BMX competition , Daniel Caluag , London 2012 Olympics

Diepor

People dont do sports in the Philippines , to busy watching brain dead shows on tv.
bananabrain

we should just train inmates since they have nothing to do and most are able bodies ..eg .mga snatcher magaling sa track and field, assassins can be shooters, mga estafador magaling sa hide and seek (if only it were an olympic sport) etc….only downside , ewan lang natin kung papasa sa doping test at kung bumalik pa ng bansa pagkatapos
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5TBFLMGYQ6VOQOSMUUFHOML5VE Archie B

laban lang, Danny!!!
http://profile.yahoo.com/4R7UAHVE4UGFC4WZYR76C6I3V4 no display

seeding run palang yan. playing safe lang si danny sa time trials lalo nung meron sumemplang na USA women rider before ng takbo nya. Iba na yung takbo mo kapag may kasabay ka na na gumigitgit sayo. Di mo na makukuha yung best line.Dehado lang sya sa gate. Dun sa mga di pa nakakapanood kay Danny, nagplace na yan sa UCI world championships at ilang competion sa US. Sa US sya lumaki at walang koneksyon programa ng pinas kung pano sya lumalaro ngayon Na deny nga sya ng training sa US dahil exclusive lang ito sa mga US riders. Sa ibang bansa pa sya nagtraining. Bat di sa pinas kasi walang supercross track dito! Ang USA team, gumawa pa ng 3d computer made track na binase sa test run ng mga bmx na meron nakakabit na mga sensors para macopya yung track sa london olympics. Asa pa kayo kaya ng pinas yung ganon. Ako nga very proud na mapasali si Danny sa BMX. Sya lang asian na naka qualify sa bmx. Isipin mo hapon at china na sumasali sa x games, di nakasali. Matindi requirement para makapagqualify ka dito sa sport na to at life threatening pa. Daming sponsors rin ni danny na bigatin. Pro rider talaga ang level at hindi pilit. Kumpara mo sa basketball na mas funded dito sa pinas, alangya, ni di man lang maka place sa asian games. Di man maka qualify sa world olympics.

http://profile.yahoo.com/5FFDEGYXBU66GD74TYXJMB2WWM karl

d bale pare pnalo nman siya silver pag baliktan ang counting…ahaha second to the last…overhyped kc wag nman sana paasahin ang mga pinoy…mas ok pa si barriga eh…khit papaano d ngkumpiyansa…basketball pare team games… khit papano my npatunayan na ng pinas sa basketball khit kulang sa height..bilog ang bola pare hindi katulad ka karera …lalo na pag mababa ang rangking mo tapos sasabhin mo na malakas siya at ngplace na siya sa UCI WC lol place nya second to the last ba?…

http://twitter.com/financebiker knowell

This must be Danny’s strategy. He knows that the winning time is around 37 sec. He has competed with these top cyclists and probably didn’t want to be seeded together with the stronger cyclists. He still has a chance though. Go Philippines!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KF2TCBJ2AUC7VIPR3TACWUGITE Rednaxela VD

How ironic would it be we get the only medal from of all sports BMX. A sport that people easily dismiss as a hobby or laro ng mga tambay or laro ng mga elitsta

generalproblem

hayaan muna wag kana umapela muna pamapalubag loob sa mga binaha kung sakaling manalo ng ginto. ganun din naman ang basketball laro din ng mga tamabay dito sa amin yan.
Diepor

BMX is a very big sport.All sports can be looked at as a hobby , jogging,shooting,rowing,kajakking,basketball,fotball,cycling,horse riding and so on.

Hey_Dudes

Officials and athletes are always first when it comes to hubris and claims medal drought will be over. However, when it come to actions, results is always predictable – our athletes always finishes dead last. I think unless government and athletes are truly ready competing worldwide, save the money and train hard and well. I read in China, government takes those with potentials at early age and develop them into excellent athletes. This explains why they are superb in this London Olympics as well as the scheduled winter Olympics.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MXOWXSFICOTS2EABQMULUO7UTY Rommel Jason

it needs budget, maybe get a congressman to dedicate all his pork barrel towards hauling one gold medal
jtpa

Be careful what you wish for. In China, kids are taken away from their families to be trained. One story I read that the death of her grandmother and the condition of her mom wast kept to her until she won the medal. Once the Chinese government took you to become an athlete, they already own you. I prefer the model done by the West where athletes are supported very well by private companies (they pour in real good money) on top of the government support.
kismaytami

Di mo ba alam na walang laya ang mga atletang tsekwa? Ganyan ang oligarkiyang tsina.
Diepor

In what winter sports are China superb?

Hey_Dudes

Never heard of the Chinese champions in skate dancing pairs? Russia used to dominate this contest but China has taken over in case you want to know.
Diepor

I wouldnt call it superb to maybe win one or to medals in the winter olympic.I am not gay so I dont follow any dancing competition.

http://profile.yahoo.com/5FFDEGYXBU66GD74TYXJMB2WWM karl

tama ka

http://profile.yahoo.com/TNXCAYFEKJBYW4CCMTVUDURBWA RS

i hope he pulls off some sort of miracle… the best of luck to him

MyMates

unfortunately miracles doesn’t exist in Olympics.

Pinoy Ako

It does..
kismaytami

Yes, but miracles as cheating…

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