SHOOTER Jayson Valdez became the 12th Filipino athlete to officially qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Twenty-five-year-old Valdez earned qualification for the Summer Games in the men’s air rifle 10-meter event through the quota system implemented by the International Shooting Sports Federation. He becomes the latest Filipino shooter to qualify for the Olympics after Paul Brian Rosario who competed in men’s skeet as a wild card entry in London 2012. Mr. Valdez made the minimum qualifying scores for his participation in the World Cup and Asian qualifying tournaments. He joins those who qualified earlier for the quadrennial Games, namely; pole-vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Caloy Yulo, boxers Eumir Felix Marcial, Irish Magno, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam, weightlifters Hidilyn Diaz and Erleen Ann Ando, rower Cris Nievarez, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, and skateboarder Margielyn Didal.