August 23, 2008; No medals for us, again!

The Beijing Olympics will conclude tomorrow evening, and unfortunately, Team Philippines doesn;t have any medal to bring home to, simply because of the poor performance of the athletes. Guys like Harry Tanamor, Tshomlee Go and Marie Antoinette Rivero bowed out on just their qualifying matches. Needless to say, this Olympics is another failure for the Philippines. But even though it was a flop, some of our athletes broke their own records and the Southeast Asian records in swimming and weightlifting. Those were the likes of Miguel Molina and Daniel Coakley for swimming and Hidalyn Diaz for weightlifting. I hope that come the next Olympic Games which will be held in beautiful London, England come 4 years time in 2012, our team would do better and could take even a bronze for that matter. So there. Enough with that!

And now, from the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, here are the results from today's doubleheader from the 71st season of the UAAP!

1st Game
NU 58 (2-9)
UST 68 (5-6)
NU: Edwin Asoro- 12 pts, 10 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl, 4 blks.
UST: Francis Allera- 14 pts, 3 rebs, 2 stls, 2 blks.

2nd Game
FEU 83 (8-3)
DLSU 75 (8-3)
FEU: Mark Barroca- 26 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls.
DLSU: Rico Maierhofer- 18 pts, 13 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl, 1 blk.

Games tomorrow
UAAP Season 71 2nd Round
August 24, 2008
Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City

1st Game
Ateneo Blue Eagles (10-1) vs. UP Fighting Maroons (3-8)
2:00 PM

2nd Game
Adamson Soaring Falcons (2-9) vs. UE Red Warriors (6-5)
4:00 PM

Tomorrow will also be the Gold Medal Game for the Mens' Basketball Tournament in the Beijing Olympics. It will be against the reigning World Champions Spain and the undefeated USA "Redeem Team". It will be shown LIVE on Solar All-Access and BTV at 2:30 pm. The Bronze Medal Game between Lithuania and Argentina will be shown LIVE before the Gold Medal Game at 12:00 nn.

Our Preliminary Exams will start on Tuesday! Wish me all the best! I can do it! One test at a time!

So there. Such a long day. Hope you guys had a blast. God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here...:)