Filipino-American speed skater Peter Groseclose bagged the Philippines\u2019 first medal in the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior World Cup 2 in Bormio, Italy, from November 14-16, 2024. <\/p>\n
Groseclose, 17, skated his way to place third and take home bronze in the men\u2019s 500-meter short-track speed skating, competing with 47 countries.<\/p>\n
Philippine Union Skating President Nikki Cheng felt immense pride for Groseclose\u2019s historic moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy because this is the first ISU World Cup event where the Philippines finished with a medal,\u201d Cheng said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was something we were really fighting for and somehow expecting because of his fifth-place finish in the Winter Youth Olympic games,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Groseclose is also preparing for various Olympic qualifiers and junior division tournaments next year. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe do see him inspiring the youth along with Hans Buemio, our homegrown talent. He also made the time for the Junior World Championships so we expect them both in March,\u201d Cheng said.<\/p>\n
Along with Groseclose, Hans Buemio represented the Philippines in the ISU Junior World Cup 2. <\/p>\n
Koo Minseung of Korea claimed the gold while Victor Chartrand of Canada took the silver medal.<\/p>\n
A proud moment for the Philippines as a Fil-Am speed skater wins the country’s first medal at the ISU World Cup. This historic performance inspires future generations to pursue excellence in winter sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-great-filipino-story"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"PAGEONE Online Network"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}