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00:00You mentioned also, Gabby, that you've always been a very athletic person.

00:05What other sports do you do?

00:07Well, I'm back into flag football, I'd like to say that's what I'm really, really focused

00:13on now.

00:14I'm wearing my art t-shirt.

00:15Basically, flag football, I got into it years ago, then I stopped, then late last year,

00:23I was roped back in because flag football was introduced as one of the new sports for

00:29LA Olympics 2028.

00:31So they made a national team, and then I was honored to be part of it.

00:37We went to Malaysia to compete in the Asia-Oceania IFAF Championships.

00:43Since then, we've been training heavily for that with the goal of, you know, 2028.

00:52Oh, so you're doing that now alongside racing?

00:55Yes.

00:56Yes.

00:57Oh, wow!

00:58You're really busy, Gabby!

00:59But what is flag football?

01:01Is it like American football, or is it more like...

01:04Yes, yes.

01:05Okay.

01:06It's exactly like that, with the difference that you use flags to pull instead of tack

01:11plate.

01:12But in a team, is it mixed, like both males and females in one team, or you have a men's

01:16team and you have a women's team?

01:18You have a men's team and a women's team for the format of the Olympics, yes.

01:24And they chose the five-format, because there are sevens and eights, which technically has

01:30contact, except you don't have pads, which is a bit intense and fun.

01:37But they chose the five-format because it's a very different format.

01:43It's very skill-based, heavy on the mechanics or the plays.

01:48So technique is very important for fives.

01:52Gabby, it's like there's no stopping you.

01:54I mean, you're racing, you're playing flag football.

01:58Do you ever see yourself retiring from any of the things that keep you busy right now?

02:06Yes, because my clear focus is on hitting that goal, and I hope to qualify for 2028.

02:14And after that, I'll just look at it.

02:19So right now, the focus is more on flag football?

02:21Yes, yes, that's been the goal.

02:25We just came from a tournament.

02:28It was an amazing experience.

02:30So this guy, Cameron Bynum, he's a Phil-Am based in the States, he's an NFL player from

02:38the Vikings.

02:39He loves his roots, has been coming here for the past three years, I think two or three

02:45years, and has been doing camps, teaching and providing for people over here.

02:51Then for the first time, he watched a camping tournament, where he brought up-notch coaches

02:56from the States.

02:58And then a lot of teams flew in, a lot of countries from all over Asia came in for the

03:04tournament.

03:05And then we just had it around a couple of weeks ago.

03:08Oh, wow.

03:09When was it?

03:10Yes, yeah.

03:11It was tough because we've been wanting to compete against Japan, because they're one

03:18of the best in the world.

03:20And the last IFA, they weren't in our division, so we weren't able to compete with them.

03:26And oh, wow, it was an experience.

03:28But anyway, with a series of events, because we were playing under Manila, then we were

03:34on semis.

03:35We were second, so we played against Malaysia.

03:38Then we were waiting for the championships.

03:40Japan was playing against Cebu, of Japan being the first.

03:45And then there was an upset, like Cebu won by one, so great.

03:49So both from the Philippines ended up on the finals at the Super Bowl.

03:55And then, we won the championship.

03:58Congratulations!

04:00Good luck.

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