00:00Philippine Muay Thai team coach Precious Delarmino
00:04shared the importance of the participation of their youth athletes in international competitions
00:09such as the just-finished IFMA World Youth Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
00:15This is what Paolo Salamatid said.
00:19It was not in vain that the Philippine Muay Thai team's two-week training in their Thailand training camp
00:25before the just-finished International Federation of Muay Thai Associations Youth World Championships
00:31on September 12-17 in Bangkok, Thailand.
00:35Despite the almost 2,000 participants in the competition,
00:39the National Juniors team won seven medals in the Waikru Forms and Maimuay Forms category,
00:45while the team won four bronze medals in the combat event.
00:49Philippine Muay Thai team coach Precious Delarmino said in PTV Sports
00:53that the participation in this kind of competition is part of their program
00:58that their young athletes are expected to participate in
01:00so that they will not change their approach to senior-level tournaments.
01:05Unlike before, when we didn't have a youth team,
01:10we went straight to the World Championships for the first time.
01:14Oh my gosh, this is how the competition is.
01:16We really prepared our youth for the senior level.
01:24For the first time ever,
01:26the Muay Thai team participated as a demonstration sport in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
01:31And even if the so-called quadrennial meet is regularly held every other day,
01:36Delarmino said that not many countries will be able to win medals here.
01:42Because to be honest,
01:44almost everyone who plays in the Olympics is here in the World Championships.
01:50So if we win a medal here,
01:53for sure we will win a medal in the Olympics.
01:57Paulo Salamatina for Pambansang TV in Pagong, Philippines.
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