Fil-Am gymnast Levi Ruivivar, dream come true ang pag-qualify sa Olympics

6 months ago

Sa pagpapatuloy ng road to Paris Olympics, kilalanin naman natin ang isa sa mga gumawa ng kasaysayan bilang babaeng gymnast na kakatawan sa Pilipinas matapos ang anim na dekada!

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00:00 Meanwhile, in the continuation of the Road to Paris Olympics,

00:03 let's get to know one of the people who made history

00:06 as a female gymnast who made a name for herself in the Philippines

00:09 after six decades.

00:11 Mary Sumali is here!

00:13 Uneven bars

00:18 Balanced beam

00:24 Floor exercise

00:29 Gymnastics

00:31 No matter what gymnastics apparatus,

00:34 name it, she can gracefully execute it.

00:36 Olympic-bound Filipino gymnast

00:42 This is the 18-year-old Philippine gymnast,

00:45 Levi Rui Vivar,

00:46 the third Olympic-bound Filipino gymnast.

00:49 She won the Paris Olympic spot after winning silver

00:54 in the Women's Uneven Bars of the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup,

00:58 in Doha, Qatar, this April.

01:00 She is also part of the history of being one of the two female gymnasts

01:08 who made a name for herself in the Philippines after 60 years.

01:12 It's a dream come true.

01:14 I've literally been thinking about qualifying to the Olympics

01:16 since I was like nine years old.

01:20 I'm not only doing this for myself,

01:21 but I'm doing this for the country

01:23 and I want to make everyone in the Philippines proud.

01:27 Born and raised in America,

01:29 Levi is a Filipino by blood.

01:31 She is a granddaughter of Society of Seven Band member Tony Rui Vivar

01:35 and the daughter of film Hollywood actor Anthony Rui Vivar.

01:39 Levi started gymnastics at the age of two.

01:42 One of the biggest challenges in her journey

01:46 was her little resistance to sports

01:48 after performing for Haag-Land's Deformity,

01:51 a bony enlargement of the same sacrum.

01:53 The day that I qualified to the Olympics

01:56 was the same day that I had bilateral foot surgery a year prior.

02:02 So that surgery really took me out for a long time

02:05 and it was really difficult to get back.

02:08 I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do a lead anymore at that level.

02:13 And so coming back from an injury like that

02:15 was really strenuous on me mentally and physically.

02:19 But her family, boyfriend, and friends

02:24 were all happy to see her and her teammates

02:27 fighting for the Philippines,

02:29 one of her idols and inspiration, Carlos Yulo.

02:32 He is so amazing.

02:35 His gymnastics is just dynamic and powerful and clean.

02:41 And he congratulated me a bunch of times.

02:44 Levi also got a spot in the training that was not neglected at school,

02:47 the Stanford University Scholar.

02:49 Before competing in the Paris Olympics,

02:51 Levi's visit was planned

02:53 to be the first time in the Philippines.

02:55 And because of this visit,

02:57 he also dreams of spreading his path

03:00 and giving inspiration and opportunity

03:03 for the next generation of Filipino gymnasts.

03:06 He believes that the Filipino gymnasts have a great potential in this field.

03:11 For GMA Integrated News, Maris Umali, Naktutok, 24 Hours.

03:15 (music)

Fil-Am gymnast Levi Ruivivar, dream come true ang pag-qualify sa Olympics | 24 Oras

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