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TAEJON City, South Korea - Sydney-bound Romeo Brin capped his remarkable stint in the second Asian Olympic qualifying tournament by winning the light welterweight gold at the close of the event Wednesday here.

not_entBut the victory didn't come easy for the 26-year-old Army sergeant from Puerto Princesa City, who had to pull off a 6-5 win over Riantuthong Pongsak of Thailand to bag the gold before a huge crowd inside the Chung Mu Stadium.

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TAEJON CITY, South Korea -- Romeo Brin will go to Sydney for the 2000 Olympics on September. On Wednesday, he will climb the ring inside the Chung Mu Stadium here to gun for the lightwelterweight gold in the fifth Seoul Cup finals.

Not bad for one who, late last year, contemplated on hanging up his gloves.

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TAEJON City, South Korea - Romeo Brin became the second Filipino fighter to barge into the semifinal round of the second Asian Olympic qualifying Sunday when he beat Yamaguchi Iuroshi of Japan in their light welterweight quarterfinal duel at the Chung Mu Stadium here.

The 26-year-old Army sergeant outslugged the game Japanese in a virtual brawl that resulted in 15-11 decision for the Filipino, who joined compatriot Ramil Zambales in the next round where no less than a berth in this year's Sydney Games is at stake.

Brin goes up against Lu Zung Wei of China Monday while Zambal [DatePublished] => 2000-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97815 [Title] => Brin, Laguna pour over battle plans, eye bronze [Summary] =>

TAEJON CITY, South Korea -- With instructions from the coaching staff given to the last detail and the mission emphasized anew for good measure, Romeo Brin and Roel Laguna climb the ring Sunday as Team Caltex Philippines eyes two bronze medals which, hopefully, could change into a better color in the fifth Seoul Cup at the Chung Mu Stadium here.

Brin, a 26-year-old Army sergeant from Puerto Princesa City, takes on lightwelterweight Yamaguchi Iuroshi of Japan while bantamweight Laguna, a 19-year-old native of Cagayan de Oro City, debuts against hometown bet Cho Seok Hwan with b [DatePublished] => 2000-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97806 [Title] => Brin hurdles first outing but Tizon falls [Summary] =>

TAEJON CITY, South Korea -- One picture-perfect victory, one bitter loss. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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TAEJON City, South Korea - Sydney-bound Romeo Brin capped his remarkable stint in the second Asian Olympic qualifying tournament by winning the light welterweight gold at the close of the event Wednesday here.

not_entBut the victory didn't come easy for the 26-year-old Army sergeant from Puerto Princesa City, who had to pull off a 6-5 win over Riantuthong Pongsak of Thailand to bag the gold before a huge crowd inside the Chung Mu Stadium.

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TAEJON CITY, South Korea -- Romeo Brin will go to Sydney for the 2000 Olympics on September. On Wednesday, he will climb the ring inside the Chung Mu Stadium here to gun for the lightwelterweight gold in the fifth Seoul Cup finals.

Not bad for one who, late last year, contemplated on hanging up his gloves.

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TAEJON City, South Korea - Romeo Brin became the second Filipino fighter to barge into the semifinal round of the second Asian Olympic qualifying Sunday when he beat Yamaguchi Iuroshi of Japan in their light welterweight quarterfinal duel at the Chung Mu Stadium here.

The 26-year-old Army sergeant outslugged the game Japanese in a virtual brawl that resulted in 15-11 decision for the Filipino, who joined compatriot Ramil Zambales in the next round where no less than a berth in this year's Sydney Games is at stake.

Brin goes up against Lu Zung Wei of China Monday while Zambal [DatePublished] => 2000-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97815 [Title] => Brin, Laguna pour over battle plans, eye bronze [Summary] =>

TAEJON CITY, South Korea -- With instructions from the coaching staff given to the last detail and the mission emphasized anew for good measure, Romeo Brin and Roel Laguna climb the ring Sunday as Team Caltex Philippines eyes two bronze medals which, hopefully, could change into a better color in the fifth Seoul Cup at the Chung Mu Stadium here.

Brin, a 26-year-old Army sergeant from Puerto Princesa City, takes on lightwelterweight Yamaguchi Iuroshi of Japan while bantamweight Laguna, a 19-year-old native of Cagayan de Oro City, debuts against hometown bet Cho Seok Hwan with b [DatePublished] => 2000-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97806 [Title] => Brin hurdles first outing but Tizon falls [Summary] =>

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