00:00Philippine Skating Union President Nikki Cheng gave an assessment
00:04on the performance of Filipino-American short-track speed skater Peter Grosclose
00:10in the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
00:13And my teammate, Daryl Oclares, will be the judge.
00:19At the age of 17, the Filipino-American short-track speed skater Peter Grosclose
00:25competed in the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
00:29Even though he did not win the medal,
00:31Grosclose's performance was still impressive
00:35after he reached the semifinals of the men's 1500m race
00:39and the quarterfinals for the men's 500m and 1000m.
00:44According to the Philippine Skating Union President Nikki Cheng,
00:47this is just the beginning for Grosclose,
00:50especially since he is just a junior in the Seniors Division.
00:55For this Asian Winter Games, he was the youngest out of all competitors.
00:58So Peter is only 17, while the second-to-the-youngest is 22.
01:02And so he is up against seniors, he is up against Olympic medalists.
01:06His performance was as expected.
01:08And for me, the result was as expected.
01:11So since he is still playing junior, he qualified midway.
01:17Cheng added that the Asian Winter Games is a good exposure for Grosclose,
01:22especially since he is following the Olympic qualifying tournaments this year.
01:27It was a great experience for him and also a learning experience
01:32because of course he would understand what he needs to do for himself,
01:37what he needs to improve on in order to get to that level.
01:40So we're very happy about the results for Peter
01:43and the experience of this Asian Winter Games is definitely a stepping stone for him
01:49in the next Olympic qualifying events that he has for this year.
01:54Grosclose is expected to attend the four International Skating Union
01:59or ISU Short Track World Tour that will serve as Special Olympic Qualifying Classifications
02:04for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
02:08Daryl Oclaris for Atletang Pilipino for Bagong Pilipinas.
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