Ajido kulang sa height -- Tolentino

DAKAR — Tumapos si national swimmer Jamesray  Ajido sa pang-lima sa men’s 200 meters butterfly finals ng Youth Olympic Games noong Linggo dito.

Sinabi ni Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino na malaking bentahe ang tangkad ng isang swimmer.

“It’s given, the Americans and Europeans, and even the Africans have that height advantage,” wika ni Tolentino sa kanyang pag-iikot sa Youth Olympic Village simula nang dumating noong Miyerkules. “They’re bigger.”

“He has the skills, but not the height,” wika ni coach Ramil Ilustre kay Ajido na kasama si national tanker Riannah Chantelle Coleman.

Nagtala si Ajido ng 55.16 segundo para sa fifth place sa men's 100m butterfly final na tatlong segundo ang agwat kay gold medalist Egyptian Ali Zain at isang segundo ang layo kina silver medalist Serbian Aleksej Kalan at bronze medalist Slovakian Marias Kristof at fourth-placed Indian Tirthank Pegun.

Ang apat na swimmers ay mas matatangkad kay Ajido.

Nakatakda pang lumangoy si Ajido sa men's 50 meters freestyle at 50 butterfly heats bukas para sa Team Philippines na suportado ng Philippine Sports Commission ni chairman Patrick Gregorio.

Sasalang si Coleman sa heats ng women’s 200 breastroke at sa 50 breastroke sa Huwebes.

Samantala, dumating na sina gymnasts Tchelzy Maayo at Hillarion Palles III kasama sina coaches Reyland Capellan at Japanese Kazutaka Hakamada para sa artistic gymnastics competition sa Dakar Expo Center.

Susunod sa Huwebes ang cycling team na binubuo nina rider Maritanya Krog at coaches Mark Lexer Galedo at Marita Lucas, ang athletics team nina Pi Durden Wangkay (Men’s 200m) at Naomi Marjorie Caesar (Women’s 800m) at coach Jonah Genilza at windsurfer Jade Justine Justiniane at coach German Paz.