The referee dealt a lethal blow to Mark Barriga’s Olympic dream on Saturday, but it was the jury, which drove the last nail on the coffin of the Philippines’ one and only hope for a boxing medal in the 39th Olympic Games in London.
Mark Anthony Barriga spent some time bonding with his parents on Wednesday, the day after his first round victory in the London Olympics. In the process, he drew unwanted attention from delighted Filipino fans.
CRISPIN DUENAS, the Fil-Canadian who represents Canada in the London Olympics and one of the world’s top-ranked archers, has crashed out of the Games in one of the biggest upsets in the archery competition here.
There’s a second Filipino competing in the men’s division of the archery competitions in the 30th Olympic Games here, but, while he’s proud of his heritage, he cannot represent the Philippines.
