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| JB Walsh |
The former national swimmer who compete at 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, 2005 Manila and 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Southeast Asian Games and 2006 Doha Asian Games is no other than Filipino-American James Bernard "JB" Walsh is now a photo and video blogger and start compiling all photos from 2004 to 2010.
His personal Youtube and Instagram accounts (Magichands JB) will compile all the photos and videos of swimming career in Florida Gators Swimming & Diving from 2004 to 2008 and swim clinics in the Philippines from 2009 to 2010.
But he is retired in 2010 to concentrate on his medical studies, is also set to conduct his own series of clinics, this time in his hometown Leyte where swimming is being planned to be the province’s new sport.
“The clinics were very well attended and a new series is planned for January. Being part Waray, the two-time Olympian and multi-medalist, Walsh will be conducting a series of swim clinics in Tacloban next month,” said former aquatics chief Mark Joseph.
“This goes hand in hand with the Leyte Governor’s decision to make swimming a priority sport for the province. Leyte has a brand-new Olympic pool used in the Palarong Pambansa,” he added.
“JB, who will be hanging up his suit and moving onto medical schooling in the US, will also be leading a two-month long medical mission to reach out to the province’s impoverished communities
