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The Philippines has a lot to catch up on to prepare for numerous international meetings next year. With the Tokyo Olympics just around the corner, the Philippine Olympic Committee will work to rise to these challenges. The newly elected president of the POC, Abraham Tolentino, said this Friday, while speaking of the many things that await him after having more time to serve as the top official of Philippine sports. “We have many challenges, many important contributions to make, especially in Tokyo. We could have our first gold medal there, ”Tolentino said. Tolentino believes that there is much that can be done for Filipino national athletes and sports when he takes office before January 1. There are delays in the preparation of national athletes training for the Tokyo Olympics, the Southeast Asian Games and other international matches. next year. However, this will be addressed as soon as approval is given by the Interagency Infectious Disease Management Task Force to resume training. The POC chief said there will be many changes and surprises coming in early 2021, as the pace of preparation picks up. Tolentino remains the twelfth president of the POC after Ricky Vargas resigned in June 2019. He was elected in September last year to take over the remaining months of Vargas’s term. Handball Steve Hontiveros remains in the presidency, after beating triathlon Tom Carrasco, 28-25. Two key officials on Tolentino’s ballot got the go-ahead at the polls with Al Panlilio, who as president of Smart Communications and Chief Revenue Officer of PLDT, secured the position of first vice president. With a vote of 33-23, Panlilio eliminated contender Philip Ella Juico from athletics. The mayor of the city of Ormoc, Richard Gómez, president of the modern pentathlon and fencing federation, assumed the position of second vice president, with 31 votes for him and 22 for the opponent Ada Milby (rugby), 22. The head of gymnastics Cynthia Carrion is the treasurer, while Chito Loyzaga of baseball is the new auditor. Assuming positions on the board of directors are Dr. Raúl Canlas from surfing, Pearl Managuelod from muay, Robert Bachmann (squash) and atty. Charlie Ho (basketball). There were 54 voters in the POC elections from 51 national sports associations, the representative of the International Olympic Committee Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski and representatives of the Athletes Commission, the weightlifter Hidilyn Díaz and the swimmer Jhessie Lacuna.
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