{"id":179965,"date":"2018-09-04T06:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T10:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=179965"},"modified":"2018-09-04T06:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T10:04:04","slug":"filipina-olympian-lariba-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/04\/filipina-olympian-lariba-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipina Olympian Lariba passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lariba represented the Philippines in the 2016 Rio Olympics in table tennis. (File photo<\/a>: yannasiyan\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Even the international table tennis scene is mourning the untimely death of Filipina paddler Yanyan Lariba.<\/p>\n

Lariba, the first Filipino table tennis Olympian, lost her battle to leukemia at a young age of 23.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Sports Commission was the first to break out the news just past midnight of Monday.<\/p>\n

“You are truly loved and shall be greatly missed,” the PSC said in a statement on Twitter.<\/p>\n

“From her days as a table tennis prodigy, and at such young age winning all of the tournaments she joined, to her storied UAAP career, where she never lost a single match while winning UAAP Athlete of the year twice, to being a constant fixture in the DLSU dean’s list during her playing days, to qualifying for the Olympics, to battling cancer, she was a fighter and true table tennis ambassador,” the Philippine Table Tennis Federation said in its own statement.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the UAAP, executive director Rebo Saguisag, quoting 2 Timothy 4:7-8, said Lariba “fought the good fight”.<\/p>\n

“Let us also take occasion to celebrate her life, a life that most of us can only dream of…. Yanyan reminded us that sport is a platform, a tool that can be used to do good as she spoke about her bout with cancer,” he said.<\/p>\n

The International Table Tennis Federation then stated, “Her amazing smile and talent on the table will forever be in our hearts.”<\/p>\n

Lariba represented the Philippines in the 2016 Rio Olympics in table tennis.<\/p>\n

The following year, however, she was diagnosed with leukemia, and a support drive among her fellow La Sallians and other sports personalities began for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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