Athletics battle royale expected
- FilAmSports
- Apr 30
- 2 min read
From Malaya Business Insight | Author Bong Pedralvez
CAPAS, Tarlac. — Fans can expect a battle royale when Paris Olympic Games veteran Lauren Hoffman and former Asian champion Robyn Brown collide for the women’s 400-meter crown as the ICTSI Philippine Athletic Championships get underway Thursday at the world-class New Clark City Athletic Stadium here.
Hobbled by a foot injury that stymied her Olympic debut in Paris last year, Hoffman, 26, will compete in her first meet since then and is fancied to rule her pet event, the women’s 400-meter hurdles, whose heats are set at 2:10 p.m.
Expected to provide stiff competition is former Asian women’s 400-meter hurdles champion Robyn Brown, who will be racing in a separate heat in the competition supported by ICTSI Sports Foundation, CEL Logistics and United Auctioneers Inc.
Brown will have a chip on her shoulder after narrowly missing a slot in the same event during the country’s historic centennial jubilee in the quadrennial meet in the French capital, highlighted by the golden double of gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo.
Both arriving in Manila just two days ago, Hoffman, a former Duke University varsity standout, and Brown are expected to advance in the closely-contested finals at 8:10 p.m. of the meet backed by the Bases Conversion Development Authority-NCC, Milo, Pocari Sweat, Energy A and Masiv Sports.
Tokyo Olympian and 2019 Philippine Southeast Asian Games double gold medalist Kristina Knott is also in town and will be the woman to beat in the women’s 200-meter race, whose heats will be at 4 p.m., and the finals at 6:50 p.m.
A former crosscountry star for Gonzaga University, Yacine Guermali, 25, will bid to retain one of two titles he won in the 2024 edition as the top favorite in the men’s 5,000-meter finals at 7 pm. of the trackfest organized by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association and likewise backed by the Philippine Sports Commission.
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