OTHER SPORTS
BY REY VIRGILIO LACHICA
AT A GLANCE
The former volleyball setter of Iriga City in the Palarong Pambansa must come up with something special in the repechage for a better position in the next phase on the way to the quarterfinals.
PARIS – Up against rivals noticeably taller by several inches, Filipina rower Joanie Delgaco struggled and finished fourth in the second heat of the women’s single sculls at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne on Saturday, July 27, here.
The 5-foot-5 Degaco mustered only a time of 7 minutes and 56.26 seconds in completing the 2,000-meter voyage in the six-player 2nd heat of the competition and was relegated to repechage on Sunday, July 28.
Expectedly, 2022 World Cup winner Karolien Florijn of the Netherlands topped the heat in 7:36.90 followed by Swiss Aurelia-Maxima Janzen (7:41.15) and Nina Konstanjsek of Slovenia (7;46.30)
The former volleyball setter of Iriga City in the Palarong Pambansa must come up with something special in the repechage for a better position in the next phase on the way to the quarterfinals.
Only the top three finishers in each heat will advance to the quarterfinals.
In the Tokyo Games, Cris Nievarez managed to reach the quarters but subsequently finished 23rdoverall in the 31-man field.
