THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) seeks the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow Olympic hopefuls to resume their training for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. POC President Abraham Tolentino, who is also the head of PhilCycling, said the country’s national Olympic body has coordinated with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) in drafting recommended guidelines for the IATF-EID to approve. “We have decided that our Olympic hopefuls must train the soonest,” Tolentino told The Manila Times in a phone interview after his virtual meeting with PSC officer-in-charge Commissioner Ramon Fernandez and other commissioners last Wednesday. Potential venues are the taekwondo and boxing gyms at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex fencing hall as well as the multipurpose hall, the strength and conditioning building and the dormitory training hall at the Philsports Arena.. He also said the possible venues would undergo disinfection, renovation and inspection in order that Olympic hopefuls could train immediately if and when the IATF-EID approves the POC-PSC proposal.

Source: Manila Times July 10, 2020 17:03 UTC