11 hours Ago By BusinessMirror
TAEKWONDO jin Tachiana Mangin and weightlifters Angeline Colonia and Lovely Inan banner the heavy cast of awardees in the Nickel Asia Corporation Siklab Youth Sports Awards 2024 on Thursday at the Market! Market! Activity Center Ayala Malls BGC. Also, Quezon City First District Rep. Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde will be honored with the Trailblazer of the Year award for putting premium on grassroots sports development with his Youth Football League, D1 Basketball and Volleyball Leagues for the youth in Quezon City.
Mangin ruled the women’s -49 kgs class in the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea, to become only the second Filipino to win gold in the tournament after Alex Borromeo, won the men’s -47kg division in the 1996 edition in Barcelona. Colonia and Inan, on the other hand, topped the women’s 45-kg and 49-kg categories, respectively, to push the Philippines to third overall among 28 countries in the International Weightlifting Federation World Junior Championships in Leon, Spain. Joining them are US Junior Girls champion Rianne Mikhaela Malixi (golf), Alexander Gabriel de los Reyes (wushu) Asian juniors gold medalist Karl Eldrew Yulo (gymnastics) and youth champion Kheith Rhynne Cruz (table tennis) in the awards ceremony backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, MVP Sports Foundation and Ayala Malls and powered by Smart.
Muay thai world-beaters Janbrix Ramiscal and Lyre Anie Ngina, chess Olympiad gold medalist Ruelle Canino head the list in the Super Kids Award category og the gala organized by the Philippine Sports Commission-Philippine Paralympic Committee-Philippine Olympic Committee Media Group. Four special awards will be handed out to Olympic boxing medalist Nesthy Petecio as this year’s Sports Idol, longtime sports manager Agapito “Terry’’ Capistrano as Godfather of the Year and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong’’ Go (Lifetime Achievement Award. The event—supported by CEL Logistics, Go For Gold, Milo, San Miguel Corp.
, Barley+Wheatgrass Entrepro, Pacquiao Coffee and PLDT—will also recognize three-time jiu-jitsu world champion Aleia Aielle Aguilar and Palarong Pambansa multiple gold medalist Albert Jose Amaro II (seven golds) of swimming..
