{"id":1193,"date":"2008-08-06T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/08\/06\/almost-olympic-history\/"},"modified":"2008-08-06T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:52:16","slug":"almost-olympic-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/almost-olympic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Olympic History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-4171446732\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>When you don&rsquo;t qualify for the Olympics, most athletes go back to the gym, train harder and hope for another chance in 4 years.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;re Oscar Molina, instead of waiting, he traveled from his home in Southern California to Mexico and was entered in an Olympic-team qualifying event in Guatemala but unfortunately did not qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: andale mono,times\"><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>  <!--more--> The 18 year old twin brothers, Javier and Oscar Molina would have been the first pair of twins in Olympic history to compete for different countries in the same Olympics.&nbsp; According to Olympic rules, athletes are allowed to represent their parent&rsquo;s home countries.&nbsp; Javier will be the only Molina representing Team USA in the 141 pound weight class as his brother Oscar will most likely be in attendance cheering on his twin brother. <\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-3276705282\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you don&rsquo;t qualify for the Olympics, most athletes go back to the gym, train harder and hope for another chance in 4 years.&nbsp; 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