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Crucial POC-PSC meeting for SEAG funding set


The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has announced to hold an emergency meeting with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) as the country tries to perfect an effective medal-winning machine with less than 4 months left. is to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA) in Cambodia.

“Hopefully we will meet formally with the PSC no later than Wednesday of this week to begin the mission,” Philippine delegation chief Chito Loyzaga said when the delegation requested funding to prepare a contingent ants up to 800 people. .

The Phnom Penh version of the 11-nation sports festival is scheduled for May 5-17.

This year’s national budget has earmarked P250 million for the preparation and participation of Filipino athletes at the SEA Games.

“That is one of our main concerns with PSC. “Once we’ve completed the entry by numbers, we’ll be ready for some pen action,” said Loyzaga, a former professional basketball star who is now head of the country’s baseball league. and calculate to come up with the actual cost”.

Loyzaga is confident that discussions on preparatory work in Cambodia can be carried out quickly as the PSC panel has established the necessary number of delegates with Bachmann and trustees Olivia “Bong” Coo, Edward Hayco and Walter Torres on the train.

The Cambodia program has spent 608 events in 49 sports, much larger than Vietnam’s 530 events in 56 sports in 2019 and 526 events in 40 sports in Vietnam last year.

“With that goal in mind, we are looking at a team of more than 800 athletes and a total of 1,200 people, including coaches, medical and administrative staff,” says Loyzaga.

Predictions for Team Philippines’ performance are still bleak, but Loyzaga stressed that Vietnam’s overall fourth place will be the benchmark.

“As a former athlete, I aim to win, always aiming to win. But you can’t win all the time. It will be a tough test in Cambodia,” Loyzaga said. “The goal of the POC is to participate in all possible events, no problem there.” request

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