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FIL-AMERICAN HURDLER ERIC CRAY ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN IN THE 2016
SUMMER OLYMPICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CRAY FINISHED 7TH AMONG 8 COMPETITORS IN THE 1ST SEMIFINAL
HEAT OF THE MEN’S 400-METER HURDLES EVENT… CROSSING THE FINISH LINE WITH 49.37
SECONDS… SETTLING 17TH PLACE OVERALL IN THE TOURNAMENT.
ONLY TOP TWO HURDLES IN EACH HEAT PLUS THE TWO FASTEST RUNNERS VIA TOSSUP WILL
ADVANCE IN THE FINALS.
JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER HIS CAMPAIGN… CRAY POSTED IN HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT HOW
BLESSED HE WAS FOR FINISHING THE RACE STILL IN TIP-TOP SHAPE AND THANKED
EVERYONE WHO EXTENDED THEIR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT IN HIS WAY TO RIO.
“I didn't make into the finals, but it's a great thing to be here
in the Olympics. Make it to the semis in my first Olympics it's the best
experience. You know being here with all the best athletes in the World, call
myself an Olympian. I'm just grateful be running in the Philippines and represent
my mother Maria Cray…”
“I just wanna thank everybody for giving me all your prayers and
giving me your blessings and cheering up on me while I am on my journey in the
Olympics. My family and hereby is cheering for me, all the fans. I just wanna
say thank you. Great things is going to come, it doesn't stop. Enjoy the moment
people coz you'll never know where is gonna end. I just wanna say thank you,
God bless and keep pushing everybody.”
DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED… THE 27-YEAR OLD ATHLETE IS STILL DETERMINED TO GET
BETTER NEXT YEAR… IN TIME FOR THE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES IN MALAYSIA … AND FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO, JAPAN
IN 2020.
“Next year SEAGAMES, it's time to get ready... get ready for Tokyo
(Olympics) in 2020. It doesn't stop because I had a bad race. You know it's the
Olympics. I'm blessed to be here, I'm going home healthy…”
CRAY’S RIO PERFORMANCE… RAKED IN HIS PERSONAL BEST AND PHILIPPINE
RECORD OF 48.98 SECONDS… WHICH HE ACHIEVED LAST JUNE IN MADRID, SPAIN.
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