MANILA, Philippines — The efforts and achievements of the country’s rare breed of athletes who carried the national colors in the Olympics will now be immortalized in digital form.
The Philippine Olympians Association (POA) has launched “The Living Archive of Olympians PH” website in a bid to relive the feats of all Filipino Olympians past and present in the world’s grandest spectacle in sports.
POA president Akiko Thomson-Guevara said www.philippineolympians.org features a comprehensive database of all Filipino Olympians that can be searched alphabetically or by sport since the Philippines competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics.
“It’s a legacy project of the POA. We believe stories are powerful. But if they are not documented, not shared, these stories will be forgotten. By collating it and making it accessible to all, we will inspire the future generation of Olympians,’’ said Thomson-Guevara, a swimming ace who competed in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.