{"id":282897,"date":"2018-08-23T06:02:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=282897"},"modified":"2018-08-23T06:02:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:02:45","slug":"tudela-ada-bask-in-glory-of-micro-games-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tudela-ada-bask-in-glory-of-micro-games-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudela, Ada bask in glory of Micro Games success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-282897 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tudela-ada-bask-in-glory-of-micro-games-success\/pasaweighliftingpix2\/'>pasaweighliftingpix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282898'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Ada proudly shows the three medals he won in the weightlifting event in last month\u2019s 9th Micronesian Games in Yap. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tudela-ada-bask-in-glory-of-micro-games-success\/weightpix1-copy\/'>weightpix1 copy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282899'>\n\t\t\t\tJoey Tudela competes in men\u2019s 85-kg division of the weightlifting event in last month\u2019s 9th Micronesian Games in Yap. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Weightlifters Joey Tudela and Rodrigo Ada relived their medal-winning performances in last month\u2019s 9th Micronesian Games in Yap.<\/p>\n<p>Tudela gained a pair of silver medals and one bronze in the men\u2019s 85-kg division, while Ada had the same results in the men\u2019s 94-kg weight class. Both were proud with their output and experience in the quadrennial competition.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI was happy and proud that I was able to earn medals for the CNMI at the Micro Games. I was very happy that I successfully lifted the weights and recorded personal bests. These accomplishments made all my hard work and training the past couple months worth it. Micro Games was a fun experience,\u201d Tudela said.<\/p>\n<p>Tudela also acknowledged the organizers of the weightlifting competition despite their limited resources.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThough training facility and competition was not that organized for weightlifting, we were able to make things work and ran the competition as smooth as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As for Ada, he was relieved to deliver in his weightlifting event debut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my first time joining the Micro Games and I didn\u2019t know what to expect. The competition was good. I had an on and off training before because I was busy with work and school, but after I graduated that\u2019s when I had more time for training,\u201d Ada said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter we had the weightlifting qualifier at the Latte Built Gym, I had to train with the team five days a week. My experience at the Micro Games was good. I was able to make new friends and watch most of the other sports,\u201d the first-timer added.<\/p>\n<p>With Tudela and Ada combining for six medals, Team Marianas managed to get 15 from the weightlifting squad, which also had Angel San Nicolas, Bonny Cruz, and Antonette Labausa as members. CNMI Weightlifting Federation president John Davis accompanied the group in Yap.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019m very proud of my team for coming away with 15 medals and helping CNMI climb the medal tally,\u201d Tudela said. \u201cWe really did out best and complete our lifts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also hopes that their notable performance in the Micro Games will help promote the sport more in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt shines a lot of light on the sport and hopefully brings more interest,\u201d Tudela said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weightlifters Joey Tudela and Rodrigo Ada relived their medal-winning performances in last month\u2019s 9th Micronesian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":282898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26,19403,845,199],"class_list":["post-282897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cnmi","tag-latte-built-gym","tag-micro-games","tag-sport-2-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}