Filipino Olympian skater Michael Christian Martinez won first place in the Asian Open Figure Skating competition held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 5 to 8, GMA News’ Unang Balita reported Monday.
Martinez, with a score of 188.53, topped the Senior Men’s category participated in by eight other skaters from Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and India.
Second place went to Keiji Tanaka of Japan, who had a score of 182.70.
Hiroaki Sato, also of Japan, placed third with a score of 145.89.
Martinez, who was raised in suburban Muntinlupa, was the only Filipino Olympian in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Source: gmanetwork.com