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                    [Title] => RP triathletes fight for Top 10
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DOHA, Qatar — Just like the rest of the embattled members of the Philippine delegation in the 15th Asian Games here in Doha, it will be a tough uphill climb for the four local triathletes when they go up against Asia’s best in the triathlon race set today along the Al Corniche area in Doha Bay.


Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Sandra Araullo and bronze medal winner Arland Macasieb are the veterans while newcomers are Mikki Quilala and Lea Coline Langit with Macasieb, Araullo, and Langit looking at upper top 10 finishes.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245260 [Title] => Kazakh, Japanese rule Asian triathlon; Filipina bet 17th [Summary] => SUBIC – Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Gaag dethroned compatriot Daniil Sapunov while Japan’s Akiko Sekine reclaimed her crown in the 2004 Speedo Asian Triathlon Championships in another hot April morning inside Subic Bay Freeport Zone yesterday.

Gaag, the world No. 10 triathlete and the top seed in the elite men’s event here, lived up to his billing, repeating his conquest of Sapunov–the second seed–in the recently-concluded Subit International Triathlon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245018 [Title] => World-class triathletes clash in Subic [Summary] => SUBIC — World top-ranked triathletes in the region, including those from Kazakhstan, Japan, Hong Kong and China, converge in Subic Bay Freeport this weekend for the staging of the Speedo Asian Triathlon Championships 2004, which also serves as Asia’s qualifying event for the forthcoming Athens Olympics.

Kazakhs Dmitry Gaag and Daniel Sapunov, ranked No. 10 and No. 54 in the world, respectively, will renew their personal rivalry, looming as the top favorites in the elite men’s competition set to be fired off at 8:15 a.m. tomorrow.
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