Published April 6, 2021, 3:56 PM
In this file photo, national team boxer Carlo Paalam trains in preparation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. (MB File Photo)
Even before the boxing national team left for Thailand for a training camp, three of the four Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes were given the scenario of not going home until after the Games in Japan.
Irish Magno, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam left in early March for Bangkok with 12 other members of the boxing team, and because of all the COVID-19 restrictions and protocols, they may spend a bit longer time away from their respective families here in the country.
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Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz leads list of PSA citation awardees
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Published March 17, 2021, 2:36 PM
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Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz leads a short but solid list of sportsmen and entities to be handed out with citations in the SMC-PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Annual Awards Night Saturday next week at the TV5 Media Center.
The 30-year-old pride of Zamboanga City completed a three-gold sweep in the women’s 55 kg division of the Roma Weightlifting World Cup in Italy last year just before the pandemic to virtually assure her of a berth in the Tokyo Olympics.
Diaz, who ended the country’s 20-year medal drought in the Olympics after bagging the silver in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games, and 19 others are going to be cited by the country’s oldest media organization during the March 27 virtual event co-presented by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Cignal TV, with 1 Pacman Partylist and Rain or Shine as major backers.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 17) Filipino national athletes are finally set to receive their long-delayed allowances from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
PSC national training director Marc Velasco told CNN Philippines on Wednesday, allowances for Olympic-bound athletes were already being processed and were expected to be released within the day. There has been a slight delay due to annual evaluation of athletes lineup (qualified for allowances) that has been submitted to PSC, Velasco said.
On Tuesday, Tokyo-bound boxer Irish Magno shared her plight on social media, revealing she has not received her allowances from the government sports agency since January.