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MANILA, Philippines— Filipino figure skater Michael Christian Martinez finished 8th overall in the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, and missed the cut for the 2018 Winter Olympics that will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Martinez amassed a total of 191.74 points in the qualifiers that took place in Oberstdorf, Germany— including 67.50 points in the short program and 124.24 points in free skate— good for 8th place but a spot out of the Olympics.
Jorik Hendrickx of Belgium took the top spot after garnering an aggregate of 253.06 points, followed by Alexander Johnson of USA who registered a score of 226.04 points.
Ukraine’s Yaroslav Paniot finished way ahead of Martinez and got the last qualifying spot at 7th place after putting up a total of 208.76 points on the board.
Martinez had made history back in 2014 when he became the first Filipino figure skater to compete at the Winter Games.
Check out his performances here:
– Rappler.com
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