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Filipinos have a complicated relationship with height.On average, Filipinos are short. According to one study, Filipinos are the fifth shortest nation in the world.Yet our most popular sport is a tall person’s game. The Philippines has always had skilled basketball players, but as the coaches say, you can’t teach height. The Philippines has not qualified for the Olympics in basketball since 1972. In sports, as in other aspects of life, even in romance, height is might.
”Even in the realm of his sport though, Yulo is unusually short. The Pinoy tisoy British bronze medalist Jake Jarman seemed to tower over Caloy at only 5’2”.The national basking in the reflected glory of Yulo’s double gold has predictably led to some bashing of the Filipino obsession with basketball. Too much attention and resources for a game for giants, the argument goes, at the expense of other endeavors where a short nation could actually win.
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