Eleven swimmers in doping scandal named in China Olympic team

AFP 06/19/2024

Pekín, China– China will send 11 swimmers implicated in a major doping scandal to next month’s Paris Olympics, after the country named its squad for the Games. Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ)…

Cebu senior tankers rule the PRISAA regional swim meet in Bohol

Glendale G. Rosal 04/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Team Cebu’s senior swimming squad in the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Regional Meet concluded its campaign with a staggering haul of 33 gold medals over the weekend at the University of Bohol-Victoriano…

75 swimmers vie in IBST 1KM Distance Swim Challenge 2022 this Saturday

Glendale G. Rosal 07/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 75 swimmers will test their mettle in the “IBST 1KM Distance Swim Challenge 2022,” on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) pool. This one-of-a-kind swimming…

2 Fil-foreign swimmers make PH squad to Tokyo

Glendale G. Rosal 07/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the qualifying period of the Tokyo Olympics officially closed this week, two Filipino swimmers made it to the quadrennial meet via the universality rankings of the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). The…

43 swimmers of Talisay Luigi Triathlon Group to compete in Pinamungajan’s open water race

Glendale G. Rosal 05/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—- The Talisay Luigi Triathlon Group (TLTG)- Go For Gold Philippines will field in a big number of swimmers in the inaugural “PJ Garcia Open Water Challenge 2021” on June 5, 2021 in the municipality…

Guidelines released as swimmers get back in the pool

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/04/2020

Given the green light to return to the pool, Philippine swimming will carefully tread the water and ensure nobody will end up catching the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Swimming chief Lailani Velasco has released a set of…

Cebu City swimmers top Buglasan meet

Glendale G. Rosal 10/22/2018

THE SWIMMERS of Team Cebu City emerged champions in the Buglasan Swimming Festival Team Championship last weekend in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The team finished with 35 gold medals, 32 silvers, and 31 bronzes which is worth…

Four Cebu City swimmers bag PNG medals

Ray Charlie Diaz 05/20/2018

Four swimmers from Cebu City bagged medals in the first day of the Philippine National Games at the Cebu City Sports Center on Sunday. The four are Justine Reign Garrido, Karen Mae Indaya, Razel Cabajar, and Rafael…

COACH ROLANDO ALVAREZ: Father of youth swimmers

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/17/2017

Coach Rolando Alvarez does not have biological children. But he has been a father more than a thousand times — nurturing, both personally and professionally, young students to become professional athletes since he established the Cebu Blue…

Dead dolphins found along Tañon Strait Protected Seascape

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/17/2017

THREE spinner dolphins were found dead, one off Panagsama Beach in Barangay Basdiot, Moalboal town and two in Barangay Montañeza in Malabuyoc, all along the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS). Kristina Luz Uy Tapales, TSPS operations head…

Cebuano swimmers win medals in Bacolod meet

Irish D. Torres 06/02/2015

Swimmers from the vaunted Team Cebu City-Cebu Blue Marlins made waves in the 1st Panaad Invitational Novice and Advance Age-Group Swimming Meet held last Saturday at the Panaad Park and Sports Complex in Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The…

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