As of this moment, Michael Martinez is on the top 15.
Showing posts with label Michael Christian Martinez Sochi Olympics 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Christian Martinez Sochi Olympics 2014. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2014
VIDEO: Michael Martinez Performance at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
As of this moment, Michael Martinez is on the top 15.
Watch World Record Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) SP Scored 101.45!
Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) SP score 101.45!!!!
SOCHI, Russia -- Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu not only skated, he stayed on his feet. Beautifully so. Historically so.
On a chaotic night at the men's short program in which Evgeni Plushenko withdrew just before his routine and Jeremy Abbott fell on his face and into the boards, Hanyu set a record with the highest score ever in a men's short program, breaking the century mark for the first time with 101.45 points.
"I'm over the moon,'' Hanyu said. "I took it one element at a time. ... I wasn't trying to clear 100 points. I was just trying to turn in the best performance I possibly could -- and I did.''
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Video of Michael Christian Martinez Sochi Olympics 2014
NAKAKAINSPIRED PO. SOBRANG NAKAKAINSPIRED AT NAHIHIYA AKO SA MGA KURAKOT SA GOBYERNO NA HINDI MAN LANG NAISIP MAGBIGAY NG KARANGALAN SA BANSA KO.
MANILA, Philippines - With little support from the government, the family of the Philippines' lone Winter Olympian Michael Christian Martinez resorted to mortgaging their home to send the 17-year-old to Sochi, Russia as the first Filipino Winter Olympian in 22 years. (READ: The lone Filipino Winter Olympian)
Martinez, whose mother tells Catholic News Service that she reached out to President Benigno Aquino for financial help without response, also overcame an inflamed knee and his family's typhoon-ravaged farm to make it to the biggest stage in figure skating.
“My house is mortgaged. It’s a crazy investment,” said Maria Teresa Martinez, the figure skater's mother. "I don't even think anyone at the president's office knows there's a Filipino skating in the Olympics."
It's a gamble, but the teenager from Paranaque, Manila, Philippines is relying on his faith and family's support to carry him to the promised land.
"Before there was no one to hold on to, only my mom but no one else," he told Simone Orendain of the Catholic Register. "So I'm holding on to God. Every competition I ask him for help and confidence and it really works!"
Martinez, 17, and a devout Catholic, is vying to become the first Filipino to medal at the Winter Games, having bested international pre-Olympic tournaments to earn an elusive ticket to to Russia.
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