{"id":185422,"date":"2018-10-13T04:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T08:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185422"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:57:44","slug":"golfer-saso-keeps-medal-hopes-alive-youth-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/13\/golfer-saso-keeps-medal-hopes-alive-youth-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Golfer Saso keeps medal hopes alive in Youth Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_185423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185423\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saso1-yog-oct-11-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185423\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saso1-yog-oct-11-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saso1-yog-oct-11-2018.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saso1-yog-oct-11-2018-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOPEFUL. Fil-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso in action during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday. (Contributed photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BUENOS AIRES<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Yuka Saso hobbled with a four-over-par 74 on Wednesday but still remained in the hunt for a podium finish in women\u2019s golf while swimmer Nicole Oliva reached the finals in the 200m freestyle at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games here.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old Filipino- Japanese compiled 145 over two days, five strokes off leaders Alessia Nobilio of Italy and Kim Grace of Australia after she bogeyed four straight holes to take the turn at three-over.<\/p>\n<p>Saso also had a pair of bogeys on No. 11 and No. 15 and birdied No. 12. \u201cShe didn\u2019t play her best today,\u201d said Saso\u2019s coach Ric Gibson. \u201cIt\u2019s really tricky out there today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace was steady with a 69 while Nobilio scored 72 for an identical 140 with Emma Spitz of Australia two shots behind (70) followed by Hoyu An of Chinese Taipei (72).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping for a windy day tomorrow. We handled it well yesterday and hopefully a different wind tomorrow will give us a different look at the golf course, fresh perspective,\u201d said Gibson.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Jano Corpus also struggled the entire day, limping home with a 76 to fall 10 strokes behind the lead.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisolone online <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html\">https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old bogeyed twice on the front nine and registered three more bogeys on hole nos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy topamax online <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/topamax.html\">https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/topamax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 13, 14, 15 after a double bogey on the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Karl Vilips of Australia grabbed the lead (69-68-137) while the only highlight for Corpus was a single birdie on the par-5 No. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarl had the same problem today. They putted really well yesterday but didn\u2019t putt as well today,\u201d said Gibson.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wellbutrin online <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wellbutrin.html\">https:\/\/montgomeryanimal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wellbutrin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Oliva made it to the 200m freestyle finals at the Olympic Park swimming pool but finished seventh in the medal race after clocking 2:02.1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make it in the YOG finals is one huge accomplishment for any junior swimmer. Amazing,\u201d said Philippine Swimming Inc. president Lani Velasco. &#8220;She made top eight in the 200m free event with five heats competing against 36 countries.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ajna Kesely of Hungary captured the gold medal (1:57.8) and China\u2019s Junxuan Yang (1:58) settled for the silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUENOS AIRES\u00a0&#8212; Yuka Saso hobbled with a four-over-par 74 on Wednesday but still remained in the hunt for a podium &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":185423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287449,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185422\/revisions\/287449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}