A former setter for the Camarines Sur volleyball team in the Palarong Pambansa, Joanie Delgaco finds her true calling in rowing, sculling all the way to the Paris Olympics
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She felt the need to try something new, so when an opportunity to try out and train for a different sport in Manila came, a teenaged Delgaco took a leap of faith. Slowly, she grasped the fundamentals of rowing, building herself up to go for an Olympic standard 2,000-meter race. “When I started rowing, in under one year, I already won a medal,” shared Delgaco. “That’s when I felt like this is where I am going to excel. And then, every year after that, the blessings did not stop.”By 2024, her biggest blessing came. Delgaco booked a ticket to the Paris Olympics after placing fourth in the women’s single sculls in the World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea, last April 21.
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