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Filipino bet Sofia Isabel Guidote and Aneeta Lingam of Malaysia know they have much to learn before achieving their dreams of competing at a higher level in figure skating after competing in the International Skating Union (ISU) World Development Trophy (WDT) 2014 last week in Mandaluyong City. Both young skaters also attended the five-day training camp that was held before the one-day tournament, which was conducted by international coach Shanetta Folle of Austria, who previously coached Japan’s Mao Asada to a silver medal in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. “It was fun and I met new friends. I saw that I can work harder and learned that I have more aspects to improve so that I can become better in my sport,” said Guidote, who was thankful for Folle's tips. Guidote and Elia Mariel Mendoza gave the Philippines silver (Basic Novice A girls’ free skate program) and bronze (Basic Novice B Girls) medals in the country’s final hosting of the World Development Trophy. T...

Local bets Sofia Isabel Guidote and Elia Mariel Mendoza won silver and  bronze each for the Philippines in the recently concluded  International Skating Union (ISU) World Development Trophy (WDT) 2014  on Saturday at the SM Megamall Skating Rink in Mandaluyong City. The bubbly 12-year-old Guidote placed second in the Basic Novice A  girls’ free skate program with 36.17 points behind Democratic  People’s Republic of Korea’s (North Korea) Hyang Mi Ro’s 42.44 score.  South African Jaydean Brits settled for the bronze with 31.00 points. Guidote, who also attended the five-day training camp conducted by  world-renowned coach Shanetta Folle of Austria, also previously won  silver medals in separate ISU events in China, Hong Kong and Thailand  and a bronze in the Asian Open in Bangkok. She said that she’s happy to compete for the last time in the WDT as  she aims to join several qualifying events for the 2018 Pyeongchang  Winter O...