Philippines Wins at 2008 Olympic Sport & Art Contest

By admin • June 3, 2008

Once again the talents and creativeness of Filipino has been recognized as the Philippines Wins at 2008 Olympic Sport & Art Contest. The entry of Filipino artist Joe Datuin of the Philippines “Dancing Rings,” a stainless-steel sculpture placed 1st and won $30,000 at the 2008 Olympic Sport & Art Contest.

List of winners 2008 Sport & Art Contest:

Category sculptures

1st place: Joe Datuin (Philippines) – Dancing rings

2nd place: Mior Mohd Nafis Mohd Zain (Malaysia) - Determination

3rd place: Levan Vardosanidze (Georgia) – Champion

Highly recommended (diplomas)

Hsiang-Chih Shao (Chinese Taipei) – Achieving success

Milton Estrella Gavidia (Ecuador) - Movimiento

To Shui Ming (Hong Kong, China) – Towards the rainbow

Mohammad Reza Yazdi (Islamic Republic of Iran) - Gymnast

Edward Eyth (United States of America) – Balance

Category graphic works (paintings, drawings, engravings, etc.)

1st place: Ivan Patúc (Slovakia) - Wrestling

2nd place: Ching-Yuan Kao (Chinese Taipei) - Sprint

3rd place: Kadir Nelson (United States of America) – The anatomy of team handball

Highly recommended (diplomas)

Liu Da Wei (China) – Play Polo

Albert Münch (Germany) – Liu Xiang, World Champion, 110m hurdles

Shahariah Mohamed Roshdi (Malaysia) - Movement

Edmard C. Colmo (Philippines) – Dreams for goals

Nibonth Phokachang (Thailand) – Culture and Olympism

The jury, composed of representatives of the IOC Commission for Culture and Education and art experts from the different continents, announced the three winners in each category and five further diplomas for runners up. The public will be able to admire these art pieces in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne as well as this summer at the Olympic Expo in Beijing. The winners will be invited to collect their prizes in Busan, Korea, during the VI World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture to be held from 25 to 27 September 2008.

related story: Marrying Sport and Culture
photo source: www.olympic.org

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