Athletes from tropics chase Olympic dream : vimarsana.com

YANQING, China—The Philippines prides itself as the first tropical country to compete in the Winter Olympics when cousins Ben Nanasca and Juan Cipriano campaigned in the 1972 Sapporo edition. They set the tone for their countrymen to aim for the Winter Games and the country saw its athletes compete in…

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