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Dyan Castillejo

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Philippine Wrestling Federation president Alvin Aguilar is optimistic that some of their athletes will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Their team, composed of Mark Oliveroz, Jason Baucas, JIah Pingot, Fierre Afan, Alliyah Gavalez and Arriane Carpio, just competed in the Asian Wrestling Championships in Kyrgyzstan and will compete in the same venue this weekend at the Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713342693272viber_image_2024-04-17_15-46-02-069.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Philippine wrestling team. Handout/Philippine Wrestling Federation"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Philippine wrestling team. <em>Handout/Philippine Wrestling Federation</em></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Fierre Afan won his first round by fall but lost his second. This is huge for us because the Philippines hasn’t won in the Asian level for Freestyle in decades,&quot; Aguilar said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The team has been working extremely hard under their new foreign coach Alexander Sofronov and can match and compete with the best in the world at any given time,&quot; he added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Our wrestlers are very talented and they have been working well with our new foreign coach.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aguilar says that all of their athletes &quot;have a really good chance to qualify,&quot; as they are capable of beating world champions.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Olympic qualifiers in wrestling takes place this weekend, with a second phase set in May.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So far, nine Filipino athletes have officially qualified for the Paris Games. </span></div>

<p>Philippine Wrestling Federation president Alvin Aguilar is optimistic that some of their athletes will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p>

Philippine Wrestling Federation president Alvin Aguilar is optimistic that some of their athletes will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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PH wrestlers eye Olympic slots in Kyrgyzstan qualifier

Dyan Castillejo,

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Published Apr 17, 2024 04:34 PM PHT

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