The facility of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) at the Teacher's Camp in Baguio City is almost ready to host the bubble training of combat sport teams set to compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam later this year. PSC chief of staff Marc Velasco bared such development in the PS
st Southeast Asian Games slated late this year.
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced this following an online meeting with the SEAG Federation last Tuesday, saying that the biennial meet will still push through but with a strict vaccination protocol against COVID-19.
“Their policy (no vaccine, no participation) policy is for the good of everyone,” Tolentino said in a statement.
Tolentino also said they have already written to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to prioritize SEAG-bound delegates, adding that they are ready to take any vaccine brand.
Most of the athletes from Southeast Asia are already vaccinated, according to Tolentino.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): National athletes and coaches who are not inoculated against Covid-19 will be denied participation in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi set from Nov 21 to Dec 2, Vietnamese organisers declared Tuesday (May 18).
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HKSI & HKUST Join Hands to Enhance Performance of Cycling Team
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) Executive Director Mr. Adam KWOK Kai-fai donated HK$6 million in 2019 to the Sports Aerodynamics Science Initiative Project, jointly launched by the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Over the past two years, the HKSI and HKUST teams actively conducted cycling tests and resistance tests for cyclists, as well as developing low-resistance suits for the Hong Kong Cycling Team, in order to help enhance their performances in the Tokyo Olympics.
Dr. David CHUNG, Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Mr. Adam Kwok, Executive Director of SHKP, Dr. Trisha LEAHY, Chief Executive of the HKSI, Mr. SHEN Jinkang, Head Cycling Coach of the HKSI, Prof. Tim CHENG Kwang-ting, Dean of Engineering of HKUST and Prof. ZHANG Xin, Chair Professor of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of HKUST attended the press co
Published April 5, 2021, 10:01 AM
Jose Romasanta, Danding Cojuangco and Sonny Barrios (Photos from handout, file, and SBP)
Three leaders who made great contributions in strengthening Philippine sports through the years were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held virtually last March 27 at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong City.
The late ambassador and former San Miguel Corporation Chairman and CEO Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, former PBA commissioner Renauld “Sonny” Barrios and one-time Gintong Alay Project Director Jose A. Romasanta joined a long list of previous honorees that included sportings greats in Efren “Bata” Reyes, Caloy Loyzaga, Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan, Florencio Campomanes, Mauricio Martelino, Francisco Elizalde, Carlos Padilla, Filomeno “Boy” Cordillera, the 1973 national men’s basketball team, among others.