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Article: Next-to-Last Finish a Victory;Philippines Tops the Netherlands Antilles in Men's Luge Competition
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- The Washington Post
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- February 16, 1988
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Raymond Ocampo, the Philippines' sole competitor at the Winter
Olympics, didn't win a medal in today's men's singles luge
competition, but he didn't finish last. That was a victory in
itself.
Lugers race the clock, but Ocampo was racing another
opponent-Albertu Carpentier Altin Aho of the Netherlands Antilles.
Ocampo won that one: he finished next-to-last in the 38-man field;
Carpentier Altin Aho was last.
"We knew going in one of us was going to finish last and I was
within striking distance," Ocampo said. "I guess I win the Michelob."
The gold medal went to Jens Mueller of East Germany, who set a
course record Sunday when the first two runs of the competition were
held and remained in ...