Calabarzon tanker Amaro sweeps way to 7 golds in Palaro

The Manila Times

Calabarzon tanker Amaro sweeps way to 7 golds in Palaro  Swimmer Albert Jose Almaro of CALABARZON (Region 4A) swept his way to seven gold medals in the secondary boys class at the 64th Palarong Pambansa at the Cebu City Sports Center on Sunday, July 14.  The San Beda Taytay tanker capped his golden swim with a 4x100m freestyle relay championship as he, Eric Umali, Kevin Arguzon, and Nimrod Montera, clocked a time of 3:38.83.  The 17-year-old's other events were the 50m and 100m butterfly as well as 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, and 4x100m medley relay.  Amaro also established new records in 50m butterfly with 25.25 seconds and 100m butterfly with 56.50.  Video by Niel Victor Masoy  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital     Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #sports #palaro

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00:00Before the race, because I just finished my 50k, I was a bit focused on myself because I was tired from the 50k, but my coach helped me recover.

00:17And then before the swim, I was just thinking about the training that I was going to do for 11 weeks to get here.

00:27And then my last individual event, I already got my passport for my last individual event.

00:37So, I talked to my coach.

00:41How many minutes did you rest?

00:45Around 10 minutes.

00:49Because in my 50 freestyle, my secondary event was 200 freestyle.

00:57So, I only did 3 hits in my secondary event of 200 freestyle.

01:01So, I was able to recover quickly.

01:06Last year, you only got 4 golds, right?

01:10I only got 1 gold.

01:13I only got 50 butterfly.

01:15So, what's the difference between you and your coach? Is your coach's training better?

01:21Before the race, my coach used to be from Beda.

01:29So, he was my coach before, and he's my coach now.

01:33I've been in Beda for a year now.

01:36So, I was able to adapt to Beda's training program better.

01:43So, I was able to adapt better.

01:47Within the one year, there was a big time difference that I lost to Moses.

01:54You're going back to Palaro next year, right?

01:57Yes.

01:58What's your goal there?

02:00My goal next year in Palaro is to defend my 5 individual events.

02:08I hope I can defend them next year.

02:10My goal next year in Palaro is to get all the records in my individual events.

02:23I only got 2 butterfly records.

02:28I didn't get 3 freestyle records.

02:34If I could get my 2 best times in my 2 zooms, I hope I could get a record.

02:41But, I came out short.

02:44So, I'll work harder to get them next year.

02:48How do you celebrate 7x7?

02:51I celebrate 7x7 especially with God.

02:54Because, God is the one who guided me mentally because I'm far from my family.

03:02I'm dedicated to myself.

03:14If not for my hard work, I wouldn't be where I am now.

03:22I'm dedicated to my coaches because they're the ones who are close to me.

03:27I'm far from my family.

03:29They're the ones who are inside and outside of me.

03:32I'm thankful to them because there are times when I don't want to do it anymore.

03:42But, my coaches are always there to help me.

03:47To my family, to my parents, to my grandmas and grandpas.

03:54To my family, to all my friends who are there for me in every competition.

04:03Especially, to the veteran community.

04:06To our team, the San Diego Swim Team.

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