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Gold medalistUS swimmer Natalie Coughlin (Center), silver medalist Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry (Left) and bronze medal winner US swimmer Margaret Hoelzer (Right) (Photo by: TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Viewers who have been tuning into the 2008 Olympics in Beijing may be interested in knowing that U.S. gold medal winner Natalie Coughlin’s maternal grandmother is from the Philippines.
Coughlin, who won gold in the 100m backstroke, is of Filipino and Irish heritage and lives in California. She also won two bronze medals in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay and the women’s 200-meter individual medley.
At the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Coughlin won five gold medals, becoming only the third U.S. female athlete to do so at a single Olympics.
A Dance Crew from the Philippines took top honors in their division at the 7th Annual World Hip Hop Dance Championship, held August 3, 2008 in Las Vegas.
Over 1,500 dancers from 22 countries competed in the electrifying event which brought the audience to its feet numerous times as dance crews presented dazzling routines blending old and new school moves.
The Philippine All Stars dance crew received the highest score of the night (8.94) and took home the gold medal in the Adult Division (ages 18+). The Pinoy dancers strutted their stuff in front of a crowd of approximately 2,000 rocking, dancing and jumping with unmatched intensity.
The Philippine All-Stars’ routine was based on Ken Jhons’ thrilling choreography. During one particular dance sequence, Jhons plucked a dancer from the ground and raised him above his head on a single on a single arm, holding him aloft like a hunter with a prize kill, before discarding him back onto the stage. The move drew astonished gasps and a standing ovation from the audience.
The bronze, silver and gold medals were presented by rap artist MC Hammer, who described the event as a “positive outlet for its youthful participants.”
Punahou senior Christel Simms, swimming for the Philippines, finished 47th out of 90 in the 50-meter freestyle heats today in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing Olympics.
Simms finished in 26.64 seconds. The cutoff time for the top 16 advancing to the semifinals was 25.07. Cate Campbell of Australia led the heat qualifiers in 24.20.
USA’s Dara Torres qualified with the third best time in 24.58.
Simms, who completed her Olympics, also missed qualifying for the semifinals in the 100 freestyle earlier this week.
BEIJING — Christel Simms, a Punahou School senior swimming for the Philippines, had a personal best in the women’s 100-meter freestyle yesterday, but did not advance to the semifinals.
Simms, just the seventh woman from the Philippines to swim in the Olympics, finished fourth in her heat in 56.67 seconds. Her previous best was 57.17.
Simms will swim in the 50-meter freestyle qualifying heats tomorrow.
Brown Nation would like to wish GOOD LUCK to Christel Simms as she represents the Philippines in the sport of swimming for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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