Marco Torres gets 2nd top votes for Olympics torch relay
Filipino Marco Antonio Torres landed second on the most popular expat list vying for the once-in-a-lifetime slot to carry the Olympic torch in the upcoming Beijing Games in August 2008.
Marco garnered 13,342 votes when the online voting concluded last October 14. Marco was able to gather votes through the concerted efforts of several bloggers and media outfits who have featured his bid and rallied support.
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October 18th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
almost 1t votes na lang pra manalo ang pambato natin. hmmmmmmmmm…di kc namin alam ang site for votings….
October 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
congrats Marco…buti nman may nangyari tlga sa pag vote namin….kitakita sa Olympics! magpapapicture ako..hehehe!
October 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Before another day passes by, I want to thank you all for the support you have given me in our quest to have a Pinoy carry the Olympic torch once again after 4 decades of waiting. Thanks to your help, we landed in no. 2 making us one of the 100 finalists.
You can see the tally in the attached link:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch_page.html
Another link leads you to the top 100 from whom they will choose 8:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-10/25/content_6206054.htm
5 Filipinos have made it: me, Noel, Jimmy, Michelle and Jeremy, giving the Philippines a 5% chance. All are very deserving. That is celebration enough. In the end, let’s just pray any 5 of us makes it for our dear country.
For me, having united all Filipinos for a positive cause is victory in itself. Carrying the torch now will just be icing on the cake.
Thanks for the support! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Always proudly Pinoy,
Marco
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:43 am
Congrats Marco! Mabuhay ang pinoy! This just came out today on china daily website.
Where’s the video?? :)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-11/02/content_6224493.htm
July 15th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
anyone have any photo of Marco Torres carrying the torch or knows where to contact him?
we are doing a photo exhibition of the Beijing Olympic starting July 24 to 30 at the SM Mall of Asia
Chinese Commercial News
http://www.siongpo.com
August 18th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
ang kailangan natin mga medal winners! hindi mga torch bearers! focus nga kayo sa hulugan ng olympics! mga feeling! nakakahiya kayo!