Philippines' Olympic flop -- 19 August 2008

[blues2009mark]

We should be proud of our athletes support them more and the the government should support more of the sport that we are weak to and less support on the sports like basketball and billiards and they should try to bring more athletes to the Olympics too.

[9mmAlpha]

guys instead of wasting time in self pitty do something about it .... I have 10 y/o daughter , Im training her to become extremely good precision rifle shooter I can see her potential . kung marami tayo na gagawa ng ganito magiging malaki ang chance natin . i train nyo mga anak nyo . kung ang phil govt walang naitulong satin nung kabataan natin lets do it now for our kids. we have at least 8-12 yrs to prepare thats a very long time. ang pangarap di naabot sa salita kung hindi sa gawa.

[karlanvidal]

$220,000..pfftt..thats not true..last 1964 olympics in Japan..a Filipino athlete won a silver medal..close to gold but it was fabricated so the Soviet Union won..the boxer said that the government didn't gave any reward to him..so sad..

[clawofraven12]

AL jazeera never reported good about Philippines.

[kistakol]

ang sekreto lang kung bakit nananalo ang ibang bansa kasi yung mga sumali sa olympic eh mga firsttimers at wala pang experince sa olympics eh ang pilipinas yung mga sumali nung nakaraang olympics na talunan eh sinasali payun din umuuwing talunan dapat yung sasali yung wala pang experience sa olympics dapat diyan mga bata tingnan niyo bakit yung mga pulis tuwing rally sa mendiola ang linalagay nila mga baguhan at yung mga matatanda sa likuran kasi alam nila ang mga baguhan hindi duwag

[trapped1000]

kaya yan nang mga filipinos!!!keep it up!!!sunod gold naman ahhhh!!!jejeje!!

[jairus1230]

ok lng yan maraming olympics na darating makaka gold din tau.. go pinas!

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[jutsu11]

maybe because they drink Milo...hehehehe..

that is why they lose...

Losers?hahahaha

[caburay]

Milo, mura pa.

[smily2929]

shut up ur a big fat ugly person ur a bi gay lesbian or waever

[curmikey]

It is really sad our country will always be a 3rd world country knowing that corruption is rampant.the only chance is to leave start fresh somewhere else

[skkingsb10]

Wow. 14 athletes? What is this? Gloria and her crew needs to stop taking the people's money away. The government should have put money and effort into it, not words. They are so stupid. If someone did win the gold, they would probably tell that person, "Whooops, we meant to give 220,000 pesos, not dollars. We are keeping the other money for ourselves. Our bad!!!"

pathetic.

[SFS1]

I Agree...

[amihan1970]

Filipino people really expecting for medal, Hoping the with the medal in olympics will be a short relief. Kaso lalong nabunyag ang resulta ng katiwalaan sa gobyerno, how sad for the Filipino.

[tenrazo215]

Corruption and the ethnic caste system keeps the Philippines down. Stop backstabbing your countryman because he's dark, or because he's from another province. Division weakens the country.

[bamvivala]

nakakahiya. yan lang yan. sobrang nakakahiya.

[aj010139]

220,000 dollars to win a medal for the Philippines? wow! so now i know the incentive for American born athletes who could not make the usa squad want to participate for the Philippines.

[vivalaben12]

tayo ang underdog s olympic

[bundangbear]

If billiards were an Olympic sport, San Miguel would sponsor the team, and they'd bring home gold, both men and women. Alas!

[filipinovince]

lol....True.. We got, Alex Pagulayan, Efren Reyes, Fransisco Bustamante, They got me.... and maybe you.... and much more!!

[jdawey]

and also count bowling ;)

bat kasi di ksali si pacquiao :o  ha ha

[kristofferinus]

you can't tell..ang daming magagaling sa buong mundo..tayo kasing mga pilipino sobra kung mag-expect..

[crashdata]

i cant believe why the government didnt even help our ex olympian...

[javs53]

How come billiard is not an olympic sport? I think the philippines have a better chance in winning a medal in billiard. Oh well, it does'nt really matter, almost everything in the Philippines is marred by dirty politics, and sports is no exception.

[asianmelb]

how ironic tshomlee go loses....

[bigdaddydrei]

P90M isn't enough for: Coaches Equipment Medicals Proper Food Dieticians Testing Training Partners Training Centers and Shelter and Clothing when you have several athletes to tend to.

[justshaddymememem]

tama dpat kc bigyan nila ng pansin hindi nmn parati may OLYMPIC e tingnan mo kulelat yong pinas kahit BRONZE wala hay naku hinahanap q nga wala buti pa yong INDIA mayroon at yong Kazakhstan tau wala yong pinas pagdating dito tini take for grandted lang nila kaya ayan kahit isang medal wala kahit siguro metal nalang wala pa heheheh!

[totoykamote]

wag mag-alala, 16 years of preparation pa para makuha ang gold bago mag-100 years ang pinas sa olympics since 1924!

Dapat ito ang "pangarap" natin to win the GOLD otherwise "nakakahiya na sa mga neighboring countries natin, hehehe.

[lestermorillo]

true.

[onatdonuts]

The government's support isn't enough. Being an athlete in the Philippines means being poor. It really takes a lot of patriotism to be an athlete in this country as well as sacrifice to continue training without enough money to feed his family, even himself.

[crashdata]

sooo true...politician are soo corrupt thats why....we have so many capable athletes from boxing to basketball but we have nothing to show for...

[macosgyver]

I agree that government support should be there. However, athletes can also get funding from commercial interests like endorsements and such. An athlete should be popular first at home to get the attention of sponsors. The problem is this doesn't happen because the market there is not set up to support that. Yes, the popular ones (eg. Pacquiao) are an exception, but the sports environment there should also diversify.

[joesel19]

@onatdonuts even our athletes use their moneys just to train that's a fact watch jessica soho special episode about olympics!?