BINIGYANG-DIIN ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) ang pangangailangan na maipagpatuloy ng Olympic qualifiers ang kanilang training.
Ginawa ng ahensiya ang pahayag sa PSC-GAB- DOH Stakeholders’ Virtual Meeting na hinost ng Department of Health (DOH) noong Huwebes.
Kinatawan nina PSC Officer-in-Charge Ramon Fernandez at National Training Director Marc Velasco ang sports agency sa talakayan para sa Joint Administrative Order Guidelines on the Conduct of Health-Enhancing Physical Activities and Sports sa COVID-19 pandemic.
Sa miting na dinaluhan ni Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Baham Mitra at ng sports leaders ng Department of Education, professional sports league, colleges, at universities, inihayag ng PSC heads ang plano nilang ipagpatuloy ang paghahanda ng Tokyo-bound athletes.
“We are working towards the approval of the training of our national athletes who have earned their slots in the Games. We are hoping it gets the go-signal from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) first,” wika ni Fernandez.
“The PSC discussed this with the POC (Philippine Olympic Committee). We still have to sit down with the PPC (Philippine Paralympic Committee). The POC will determine through their NSAs (National Sports Associations) who are coming for the Olympic slots and they will be the ones to return first or if possible, we can have them in a bubble,” paliwanag naman ni Velasco.
“The PSC has to work with the POC, NSAs, and the team of Dr. Randy Molo of the PSC’s Medical Scientific Athlete Services (MSAS) and look at the guidelines and the protocols so we can all have a good guide for the return to training. We’re preparing the venues as well,” dagdag pa niya.
Binigyang-diin ang zero positive cases sa national athletes sa kasalukuyan, umaasa ang PSC na makababalik ang Olympic bets ng bansa sa training subalit kailangan muna nilang sumailalim sa standard health procedures.
“We did that with athletes who stayed here in Philsports. We facilitated their transit – since Metro Manila is high-risk and they are going to their low-risk provinces. So we did tests on them, but at the same time, we kept them in a bubble. Through that, we were able to guarantee that the athletes were not exposed, which is confirmed by the tests, and then we made sure that even their transport to the airport was controlled by PSC,” ani Velasco.
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