Why Ronaldo is simply the best

Besides being born with immense talent, Cristiano Ronaldo works very hard to perfect this talent that has seen him win numerous accolades that make him the envy of many a footballer.

That he is the reigning World Footballer of the Year is the result of a rigorous, yet specialised training.

Castrol, official sponsors of the 2010 Fifa World Cup and their team of performance analysts have conducted rigorous research into the Portuguese superstar playing style and training plan to reveal the full extent of his astonishing physical attributes.
THE OLYMPIC SPRINTER

Ronaldo will sprint 900 times more in a season than an Olympic sprinter.
How: On average Ronaldo will sprint 20-times per game at full pace. A 100-metre track athlete will complete an average of 20-30 competitive races in a season. A footballer averages 50 games per season – 50 times 20 equals 1000 sprints.

AMAZING EDURANCE

In one season Ronaldo will run the equivalent distance from Madrid to Lisbon.

How: Ronaldo will run an average of 10,5km per game. A player can average between 50-62 games a season (including pre-season friendlies, League, Cup, European and International matches). Calculating the average between 60 and 62 matches is 56.56×10.5km= 588km. Madrid to Lisbon is 503km.

THE SUPERMODEL

Due to his rigorous fitness training regime, Ronaldo has less body fat than a supermodel.

How: Ronaldo has 10-percent body fat (Calculated from Durnin & Womersley 1974 Formula). An average supermodel measures in at 13,8-percent.

IMPRESSIVE AGILITY

Ronaldo will perform more turns and bends in one game than a Formula One racing car competing in the Monaco Grand Prix.

How: Ronaldo will perform on average between 1000-1500 movement changes per game. Monaco is 78 laps and and has 12 bends per lap which equated to 936 bends.

EXPLOSIVE JUMPING POWER

Ronaldo’s aerial threat is down to his extraordinary spring step. When jumping, he will generate five times more power than a cheetah in full flight.

How: Ronaldos’ weighs in at 75kg. Using biomechanics one can determine that power equals force times distance divided by time. In Ronaldo’s case his power equates to 750N.

This is multiplied with the average 3m he jumps (vertical and horizontal combined) plus his average flight time of 0,43 seconds. Using this formula, one calculate that Ronaldo generates 5 232-watts. A Cheetah in full flight generates about 1000-watts.

EXPLOSIVE FOOT TO BALL CONTACT

A Ronaldo free kick accelerates four times faster than the Apollo 11 rocket at blast off.

How: Apollo 11 reaches 160km in six seconds. Therefore acceleration is 7,3m/s.
A Ronaldo free kick reaches a speed of 112km per hour. Flight time is around one second. Therefore the ball accelerates at 31,1m/s.

FASTER THAN A SPEEDING TRAIN

Ronaldo’s reaction times while playing football are so fast that they would circumnavigate the world over 31 hours faster than the fastest bullet train.

How: The speed that a nerve impulse travels at is 430km/h. A TGV’s (a fast French bullet train) top speed is 320 km/h.

The distance around the equator is 40074 km. Therefore the bullet train would take five days, four hours and 48 minutes to circumnavigate the globe. Ronaldo’s nerve impulses would take three days, 21 hours and 36 minutes – a difference of 31 hours and 12 minutes.
LIFTING THE WEIGHT OF 16 CARS

Training his leg muscles and upper body is crucial to maintaining Ronaldo’s superior power and strength from the first to the last whistle. During a full weight training session, Ronaldo will lift the equivalent of over 16 new Toyota Prius cars.

How: A Toyota Prius curbed weight, that is the weight of the car full of fuel but without passengers and cargo, is 1379kg. Ronaldo lifts 23 055kg in one weight training session. By dividing the 23 055kg with the weight of the car the solution presents itself as 16,72 cars

Fil-Am J.R. Celski disqualified in Olympics, crowd boos

source: Marv Dumon | examiner.com

Filipino-American and U.S. Olympic short track speed skater J.R. Celski, 19, was disqualified in a physical and contentious race today at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games being held in Vancouver, Canada.

The race resulted in crowd boos.

In his bench, Celski attempted to contain his disappointment after the ruling was issued and took off his shirt. He appeared, however, to be visibly emotional.

J.R. Celski sported a "three stars and a sun" Philippine flag-referenced tattoo on his chest, as shown on NBC and affiliate television networks this evening.

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In the final lap, Celski was just about tied for second place and poised to reach the medal event finals for the Men's 1500m in short track speed skating.

Francois Hamelin of Canada, bumped Celski from behind which caused a split-second reaction from the Filipino American and Federal Way, Washington native.

Television replays also appeared to show that the Canadian briefly held Celski which caused him to lose his position in the race.

After the steep turn, Celski fell out of position and the rest of the speed skaters advanced to the medal event finale. It was the final lap and simply too late to catch up.

Judges ruled that Celski knocked the Canadian Hamelin to the ground, which earned the former a disqualification. Additionally, it was ruled that Celski was not in qualifying position when the bump took place, albeit he was milli-seconds away from such a qualifying position (second place).

Each of the other three skaters advanced to the final.

J.R. Celski continues to possess a promising future in Olympic speed skating and will be 23 years old when when the 2014 Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.

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Teammate Apolo Anton Ohno advanced to the final and earned a bronze medal just milli-seconds ahead of the fourth and fifth place finishers. South Korea swept the gold and silver medals. In another physical race, Ohno was slightly bumped by a Canadian speed skater and the U.S. Olympian stumbled out of balance and briefly into last place. In the last and final lap, Ohno would charge back into third place in a razor thin edge for bronze.

J.R. Celski's run for Olympic gold received praise from the press and television audience for the manner in which the young Olympian has had to overcome adversity in order to compete in Vancouver.

At the Olympic trials in September, he crashed into the protective barrier of the ice rink and the blade was thrust into Celski's leg reaching the Femur bone. The accident required 60 stitches and doctors wondered if Celski would be able to walk again. Just two and a half months later, Celski was skating again.

Purefoods gatecrashes possible Alaska-SMB finals party

source: gmanews.tv

Purefoods slammed the door on San Miguel Sunday night, 87-78, to arrange a finals showdown with Alaska for the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup title.

The Giants jumped the gun on the Beermen and not once did they blink when their embattled opponents made several tries to mount a comeback to clinch the Game 6 win and the semifinals series, 4-2.

Once trailing in the best-of-seven duel, the Giants did the trick by winning the last three games of the semifinals.

Coach Ryan Gregorio and the rest of the Giants will barely have a rest as Game 1 of the Finals starts on Wednesday at the Araneta Coliseum.

But the Purefoods mentor and even Roger Yap, who starred for the Giants for the third straight game, could hardly care.

"Gusto lang naming manalo, kaya kahit wala ng rest. Tsaka na siguro kapag natapos na ito. Ganyan ang mindset namin once nakapasok kami ng semifinals. Tuluy-tuloy na namin ito," said the Cebu-native guard who topscored for 20 points and had 10 rebounds.

"This is a big development for the franchise. We know how tough a team San Miguel is, and how good a coach Siot Tanquingcen is," said Gregorio minutes after the finals-clinching win at the Astrodome.

"But maybe, it’s just our will to win that carried us through."

The Giants came out roaring to a 22-12 lead in the opening period and then hiked it to its biggest at 48-28 on a Rafi Reavis basket just before the end of the second quarter.

They led by 16 at the half.

The proud franchise, the Beermen didn’t go out without a fight, cutting the deficit to as many as six several times, the last at 66-72 midway into the payoff period.

But Roger Yap hiked back the lead to double digits with a fastbreak basket, before Marc Pingris scored inside to clinch the win for the Giants, 78-67, inside the final two-minute mark.

James Yap added 18 for the Giants, Pingris with 15 and Reavis 12 as he held his own against Arwind Santos’ physical plays.

A near scuffle between Jay Washington and rookie Rico Maierhofer also ensued with 2:50 left in the third period as the two got entangled with each other while going for a rebound.

Maierhofer was slapped with a holding foul, but Washington was whistled for a technical foul after committing a second motion on the Purefoods big man.

Roger Yap made the technical free throw for a 62-51 Giants lead. GMANews.TV


Scores:

Purefoods 87 – R. Yap 20, J. Yap 18, Pingris 15, Reavis 12, Raymundo 11, Canaleta 7, Artadi 3, Allado 1, Maierhofer 0, Simon 0, Adducul 0.

San Miguel 78 – Santos 20, Cortez 17, Hontiveros 14, Racela 10, Washington 4, Seigle 4, Villanueva 3, Custodio 2, Ildefonso 2, Pena 2, Miranda 0, Pennisi 0.

Quarter scores: 22-16, 48-32, 64-56, 87-78.

Alas steers Patriots to 1st ASEAN cage league title

source: gmanews.tv

Louie Alas is no stranger to winning and he’s proven many times over that he rules Southeast Asian basketball.

He coached Philippine teams to win titles in the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) and to the 1999 Southeast Asian Games gold in Brunei. In 2007, Alas also helped the RP team to win the SEA Games gold in Thailand as assistant coach to Junel Baculi.

Alas went on to coach the Philippine Patriots in the 1st ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), where they took home the crown with a 75-67 triumph over Indonesia’s Satria Muda BritAma Sunday at the BritAma Arena in Jakarta.

The Patriots completed a three-game sweep of their short best-of-five title series after winning Games 1 and 2 in Manila, 78-68 and 72-53.

"It’s nice to win a championship again. I told the boys to play as if we’re in the jungle and they responded well," said Alas, who also personally ended his title drought after also winning championships in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) and the NCAA.

Alas won the 1999 MBA National title while coaching the Manila Metrostars while also leading the Letran Knights to championships during the 1998, 2003 and 2005 seasons.

And Alas had plenty of help from his American reinforcements since his locals, who were active offensively in the first two games, went silent against the jeers and taunts of the hometown crowd.

Fortunately, they more than made up for their offensive weakness on the defensive end with Warren Ybanez, Jerwin Gaco, Christian Coronel, Nonoy Baclao, Elmer Espiritu and Rob Wainwright responding to Alas’ challenge of shutting down their Indonesian counterparts.

"The whole season we really emphasized on defense, especially this series," said Alas.

Jason Dixon toyed with his Indonesian defenders and exploded for 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his 15th double-double performance in the league while former PBA best import winner Gabe Freeman chipped in 17 markers and 19 caroms.

Dixon went 6-of-6 in the second period helping the Patriots enjoy a 35-31 halftime spread after trailing for most of the time in the opening quarter.

The Patriots then raced to a 13-point lead midway in the final canto, 68-52, with a Coronel steal and an assist to a cutting Freeman, who finished the fastbreak play, highlighting that scoring spree. – GMANews.TV


Scores:

Philippines 75 – Dixon 28, Freeman 17, Wainwright 9, Gaco 9, Ybañez 7, Sta. Maria 3, Coronel 2, Alcaraz 0, Acuña 0, Espiritu 0, Baclao 0, Mirza 0.

Indonesia 67 – R. Gunawan R. 20, Hartman 14, Miller 13, Prihantono 9, Sondakh 8, Wuysang 2, Wijaya 1, Achmad 0, G. Gunawan 0, Siregar 0, Situmorang 0, Arifin 0.