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                    [Title] => Shultz, Yangco top ESPN Asian XTour Manila leg
                    [Summary] => Mark Steven Shultz bested a banner field of 148 to rule the bicycle stunts (park) category while Rogelio Yangco nipped Noel Coscedo for the aggressive-inline skating crown in the Main X division of the ESPN Asian XTour Manila Sunday.


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                    [Title] => RP medal-less but richer in experience
                    [Summary] => PHUKET, Thailand – Filipino sport climbers once again ended up without a medal although they showed marked improvement in their performance with more valuable lessons learned at the close of the ESPN Asian X Games Qualifier III at the Patong Beach here Sunday.


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                    [Title] => RP bets miss medal round in X-Games
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Dennis Oliver Diaz, Simon Sandoval and Lissa Lesaca made it to the semifinal round, submitting better scores than most of the other Southeast Asian campaigners here.


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The 20-year-old Castañeda’s 75 points in the first of two 60-second runs netted him a trip to the finals of this event where skaters are judged on their aggressiveness, originality, maneuverings and variety of tricks while using the course, ramps, boxes and handrails.


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