BARRING a hitch of catastrophic proportions – as in the English Channel suddenly drying up, maybe – the Olympic Games will blast off on July 27 in “foggy London.” Seriously now, I pray that our 11 athletes achieve their dream in London, a dream this nation had long wanted to happen: A first gold medal ever in the quadrennial event. We’ve won Olympic medals in athletics and boxing, yes, but not gold. Never. Bronze medals were what we had in Olympic athletics through Misters Toribio and Yldefonso.
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Again, boxing is our top hope in London
- 27 July 2012
- By Al S. Mendoza
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