The country now has a team of eight athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics.<br />Rower Cris Nievarez is the latest Filipino to qualify for the games.<br />And the announcement comes just days after he seemingly fell short of an Olympic spot at the World Rowing Asian and Oceanian qualifiers in Japan.<br />Cris Nievarez now joins us.<br /><br />Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/<br /><br />Follow our social media pages:<br /><br />• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines<br />• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/<br />• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines<br />
