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17-Year Old Filipino Skater Wows at the Sochi Olympics

Tells aspiring skaters to dream high and give it their all.

Lone Philippine representative to the 2014 Winter Olympics Michael Christian Martinez drew raves for his very first performance on the ice skating rink, which was telecast live this morning (around 3:30 a.m. Philippine time) by TV network TV5 from Sochi, Russia.

Described as "a very charismatic performer" by the commentators, Michael landed third place in this round and qualifies for the next program.

In case you missed it, here's the full performance courtesy of the TV5 website interaksyon.com:

Sources:
• February 14, 2014. "Sochi 2014 | Michael Christian Martinez Performance" interaksyon.com

• February 14, 2014. "PHL figure skater Michael Martinez advances to next round in Olympics" gmanetwork.com

Image grabbed from interaksyon.com

 

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