The Philippine Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Technical Committee will begin scrutinizing the records of the candidate athletes for the 2009 regional games slated later this year in Vientiane, Laos.
SEA Games Chef de Mission and technical committee head Mario Tanchangco said screening starts at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) office in Philsports Complex in Pasig with combat sports judo, karate, pencat silat, tae kwon do, muay and wushu comprising the first batch.
“After a series of positive meeting with the PSC [Philippine Sports Commission] led by Chairman Harry Angping, POC President Jose Cojuangco ordered us to screen the initial list of candidate athletes so we can came out with a ball park figure of the team’s composition,” said Tanchangco, president of the Philippine Amateur Sepak Takraw Association.
Other members of the committee are Efren Binag of table tennis, Dave Carter of judo, Julian Camacho of wushu and some representatives of the PSC.
“When we’re done with this one-on-one meeting with the national sports associations, we can give PSC a number for them to have an idea on how many athletes will comprise our delegation,” added Tanchangco.
The committee is tasked to analyze the past records of a certain athlete endorsed by their respective national sports association.
Tanchangco stressed that only those athletes who are capable of landing in the podium can qualify for in the national team bound for Laos.
“We are sending a lean but mean team. We will be stricter this time to make sure that all athletes are competent enough before going to Laos. If there are many qualified athletes, then so be it,” he said.
The PSC has earlier allotted P30-million budget for the country’s participation in the biennial meet. --
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