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Fil-British gymnast Jake Jarman. Photo from his Instagram account

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172378005977320240814180836_d0bef4f0762cb79e6292b2d199a8e3b5ef64a9ecc94a4d49fea01b51634e6255.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Fil-British gymnast Jake Jarman. <em>Photo from his Instagram account</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on Friday said it is targeting to join the gymnastics team competition in the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and would<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> recruit British gymnast Jake Jarman to compete under the Philippine flag.</span></span></p><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/14/gap-eyes-fil-british-jake-jarman-for-team-ph-in-la-2028-002" id="isPasted">• GAP eyes Fil-British Jake Jarman for Team PH in LA 2028</a></span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted">The Olympics holds individual and team competitions for artistic gymnastics.</span></span></div><p>&quot;It&#x27;s highly possible [that we would be recruiting Jarman],&quot; said POC head of pre-Olympic training camp Nikko Huelgas, citing his conversation with Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) president Cynthia Carrion.</p><div><strong></strong></div><div><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Huelgas said that aside from Jarman, the Philippines is also eyeing to recruit two other gymnasts to form the team that would compete in the gymnastics team competition. </span></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/8/viral-pinoy-teacher-s-letter-celebrates-fil-brit-olympic-medalist-jake-jarman-1253">• VIRAL: Pinoy teacher&#x27;s letter celebrates Fil-Brit Olympic medalist Jake Jarman</a></div><p>&quot;And if I&#x27;m not mistaken, do not quote her (Carrion), we&#x27;re not just targeting Jake but we&#x27;re also targeting probably two more to pull off the first ever team competitions in gymnastics. I&#x27;m confident that president Cynthia can make this happen,&quot; Huelgas said.</p><p><strong id="isPasted"></strong>Jarman, who is half-Filipino, caught the attention of many Filipino fans during his stint at the Paris Olympics, where he competed against two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo.</p><p>Carrion herself confirmed reaching out to Jarman and British officials, who said they will only release the athlete upon the approval of his parents.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fvideos%2F371320402486710%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Jarman had previously said he is likely to stick with the Great Britain team for the 2028 LA Olympics.</p><div><strong></strong><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lv-1_vrTLLI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The POC said aside from Jake Jarman, the Philippines is also eyeing to recruit 2 other gymnasts to form a team that would compete in the gymnastics team competition in the LA Olympics.</p>

The POC said aside from Jake Jarman, the Philippines is also eyeing to recruit 2 other gymnasts to form a team that would compete in the gymnastics team competition in the LA Olympics.

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PH eyes joining gymnastics team competition in 2028 Olympics, to recruit Jake Jarman

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Aug 16, 2024 12:49 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 18, 2024 05:38 PM PHT

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