DAHIL mas mahalaga ang performance kaysa medalya, hinamon ni PATAFA secretary-general Reynato Unso ang mga national athlete na gawin ang lahat upang mapantayan kundi man mahigitan ang kanilang personal best para makapaglaro sa Asian Games na aarangkada sa Agosto sa Indonesia.
“It is not the medal but the performance. We are very particular in the performance,” sabi ni Unso sa eksklusibong panayam bago tumulak patungong Isabela para pangasiwaan ang foreign-laced National Open na lalarga ngayong araw sa Ilagan Sports and Cultural Center.
“Asian Games is a tough competition dubbed as ‘Olympic Games of Asia’ where the best and the brightest athletes in the region are seeing action. It is proper and logical to send our finest athletes to have good chances winning medal,” sabi pa ni Unso.
Limang ginto ang paglalabanan sa Day1: 10,000m women, shot put men, high jump women, 5000m masters women at 3000m steeplechase boys and men.
Umaasa si Unso, dating SEA Games 400m hurdles record holder, na maganda ang ipakikita ng mga national athlete sa National Open at hihigitan ang kanilang performance sa katatapos na Philippine National Games na ginanap sa Cebu City.
Apat na bansa – Thailand, Sri Lanka, India at Sabah – ang kalahok sa apat na araw na torneo ang inorganisa ng PATAFA na pinamumunuan ni Philip E. Juico at suportado ng Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee at Ayala Foundation. CLYDE MARIANO
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