With a goal of coming home with at least three golds, 17 Filipino wrestlers will compete in the 6th Southeast Asian Junior and Cadet Wrestling Championships starting tomorrow in Suphanburi, Thailand.
Wrestling has two opportunities left at a return to the Olympic program. U.S. wrestling officials appeared to have settled on which one they think is the best bet.
EVEN the highest sports official in the continent doesn’t agree with the removal of wrestling from the Olympics.
The Wrestling Association of the Philippines has joined the clamor lodged by its international federation to convince the International Olympic Committee to reconsider its decision to strike off the sport from its calendar starting the 2020 Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday opted to remove wrestling from the program of sports at the 2020 Games, a spokesman said.
National team mainstay Alvin Lobreguito captured the freestyle gold medal in the 55-kg division to lead Quezon City to the overall title of the recent Wrestling Association of the Philippines 2012 Buno 4th Quarter National Wrestling Championship at New Era University Gym.
Courtney Melissa Gray and Justine Ann Abastillas shone brightest in the pool with five gold medals each yesterday even as runaway overall leader Laguna also flexed its might in karatedo and wrestling in the Southern Luzon leg of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games.
SEVEN Filipino wrestlers will train for free in Incheon, South Korea, in preparation for the 2014 Asian Games.
REY Mysterio finally unraveled the mystery surrounding the Mexican-American, who is considered as the smallest wrestling world champion.
A three-man Philippine team secured two bronze medals in the recent 5th Southeast Asian junior and cadet wrestling championships in Suphanburi, Thailand.
THE WRESTLING Association of the Philippines became the first to respond positively among the 10 national sports associations whose disciplines are in the priority program of the Philippine Sports Commission.
Former gold medalist Rulon Gardner ended his Olympic comeback bid on Friday as he failed to appear to weigh in for the US Olympic team wresting trials.
THE MATCH between two of sports entertainment’s most celebrated icons, The Rock and John Cena, in the highly anticipated “WrestleMania 28” will be aired exclusively on Studio 23 at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
