Tallulah Proulx, Francis Ceccarelli honored to symbolize PH as Winter Olympics stints finish

The participation of alpine skiers Proulx and Ceccarelli within the Milano Cortina Video games marks solely the seventh version the Philippines, a tropical nation, takes half within the Winter Olympics

MANILA, Philippines – Alpine skiers Tallulah Proulx and Francis Ceccarelli reveled within the alternative to don the nationwide tricolors as they wrapped up their campaigns within the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.

Proulx, 17, and Ceccarelli, 22, each noticed motion within the slalom and big slalom occasions — their stints marking solely the seventh version the Philippines, a tropical nation, took half within the quadrennial showpiece for winter sports activities. 

The primary feminine to symbolize the Philippines within the Winter Video games, Proulx completed 52nd out of 76 entries within the ladies’s big slalom on Sunday, February 15, then positioned fiftieth out of 95 members within the ladies’s slalom on Wednesday, February 18. 

“I really feel so honored to have the ability to current an essential a part of my heritage on the largest stage I’ll most likely be on all my life,” stated Proulx, whose father traces his roots to Jap Samar. 

“Being the primary Filipina on the [Winter] Olympics is really such a particular second.”

Competing within the Video games on the younger age of 17 bodes properly for the way forward for Proulx, contemplating the champions and medalists within the two occasions she participated in had been largely of their 30s.

Italy’s Federica Brignone, 35, claimed the ladies’s big slalom crown, whereas the USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin, 30, clinched the ladies’s slalom title. 

“I fought until the top, so I’m actually happy with myself,” Proulx stated in an interview with the Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation. 

In the meantime, Ceccarelli wound up at 54th place out of 81 skiers within the males’s big slalom on Saturday, February 14, earlier than being one of many 57 athletes who registered a DNF (didn’t end) within the males’s big slalom on Monday, February 16, as he suffered a crash in his first run.

Solely 39 accomplished the lads’s slalom occasion. 

“I’m proud of my work right here. Representing the Philippines for me for the primary time is my honor — for my folks, for my household, for the [team] members,” stated Ceccarelli, who was born in Quezon Metropolis and adopted by Italian dad and mom. 

As upset as he was that he failed to finish his bid on a excessive word, Ceccarelli seems to be ahead to a greater displaying for the Philippines in future tournaments. 

“Simply by no means cease. Day by day, you may get actually higher. You’ll be able to improve each day,” stated Ceccarelli. “Simply push your self tougher — each day and each second.” – Rappler.com