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WITH an eye on a wholistic developmental program for its sport, the Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) unveiled its schedule of activities for 2007 that will cover its athletes, coaches, and technical officials.
This year, development will focus not only on skills, but on ethics and character building as well.
“Young as we are as an [...]

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THE Asian Games-bound RP triathlon and chess teams are appearing in the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum Tuesday prior to their departure in Doha, Qatar.
National coach Peter Gonzales and possibly triathletes Arland Macasieb, Sandra Araullo, Mickey Quilala and Lea Coline Langit will join chesser Ronald Dableo in the 10:30 a.m. session to talk about [...]

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Two Filipino triathletes – a veteran and a beginner – are among the hundreds of athletes from around the world who will be competing in the 2006 Desaru Pengerang International Long Distance and Sprint Triathlon in Desaru, Malaysia this weekend.

Joseph “Joey” Raña, the more experienced of the two Filipinos, will pit his skills against 550 other entries in the long distance event on Saturday while newcomer Rene Gozum will try to outdo 180 others in the sprint event of the three-phase (swimming, bicycling and running) contest on Sunday.

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