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Rodrigo del Rosario back to the Olympics Rodrigo del Rosario back to the Olympics, this time in Helsinki in 195, in which he stepped forward his London Games overall performance 4 years in advance a notch better by completing fourth, also in the featherweight division. In Helsinki, Bert Cuevas, former sports editor of the defunct Manila Chronicle and later of the Daily Express, wrote in article published within the book “Philippine Sports Greats” that del Rosario “ equaled the world record within the press with a boost of 231 pounds. That attempt, along with his 205 pounds in snatch and 265 pounds in jerk noticed del Rosario totalled 701 pounds that came short of 25 pounds output of the Russian gold medal winner. The silver medal went, also to a Russian lifter.That proved to be the saving grace for the embattled 33-guy Philippine delegation of 26 athletes and seven officers. Pedro Landero, a del Rosario protégé, ended up fifth within the bantamweight category. The tiny Filipin...

SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO: Phil Mickelson, chasing a document-setting sixth Pebble Beach Pro-Am title, played the angles to tug within one stroke of chief Nick Taylor within the US PGA Tour event on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Canada’s Taylor, who led by means of  strokes after every of the primary  rounds, rebounded from  early bogeys with 3 birdies and an eagle to maintain his name atop the leaderboard with a 3-under par sixty nine for 17-underneath 198. But Mickelson become remaining in, firing six birdies in a wild five-underneath par 67 at Pebble Beach — one of 3 guides in use this week along side par-72 Spyglass Hill and the par-seventy one Monterey Peninsula Shore Course.Mickelson’s wished all of his brief-recreation magic in a round that saw him hit simply 1/2 of the greens in regulation. He rolled in sixteen-foot birdie putts at the primary and 2d holes. After a 4-foot birdie at the sixth he produced a astonishing par save on the picturesque par-3 7...