{"id":153974,"date":"2018-02-23T04:12:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T09:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153974"},"modified":"2018-02-23T04:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T09:12:49","slug":"martinez-still-happy-despite-early-olympic-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/23\/martinez-still-happy-despite-early-olympic-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Martinez ‘still happy’ despite early Olympic exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Martinez was still happy about his second Winter Olympic stint in Pyeongchang. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Despite missing the second round of the men’s figure skating competition, Michael Martinez was still happy about his second Winter Olympic stint in Pyeongchang.<\/p>\n

“I feel very, very happy. My coach is very proud of me,” Martinez said during a homecoming press conference at the SM Mall of Asia Ice Skating Rink in Pasay on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Martinez was inserted to the competitors’ list at the 11th hour–two and a half weeks before the event proper to be precise–following the Swedish Olympic Committee’s decision to pull out its representative in the said competition.<\/p>\n

Despite the short period of training–and even cutting down weight as it was revealed that Martinez turned to weight training after initially missing the Olympic qualification–Martinez made a flawless routine to the tune of “Emerald Tiger” in the Olympiad, although it was only good for 28th place out of 30 competitors.<\/p>\n

“I skated my very best despite the short time. It’s very impossible for any skater to be able to do that, but I was able to do it and delivered the best performance,” Martinez said.<\/p>\n

“To me, whatever the score is, I did my best. I loved it.”<\/p>\n

Martinez did an encore of his performance during the press conference before he was handed a certificate of recognition by SM Lifestyle Entertainment chief operating office Herman Cue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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