00:00The schedule of the Philippine National Athletes for next year is full of action.
00:05Philippine Olympic Committee President Ibraham Bambol-Tolentino has promised
00:10that he will do his part to support these athletes.
00:15That's what my teammate Rafael Bandayrel told me.
00:22After being crowned as the leader of the Philippine Olympic Committee,
00:28Ibrahim Bambol-Tolentino is back to work.
00:32That's because the Philippines will host many international competitions
00:37under his next term.
00:40In an exclusive interview with the sports banter of PTV Sports,
00:45the POC President laid out the events to look forward to in the coming years.
00:51The competitions in 2025 are included,
00:54such as the Harbin Asian Winter Games and Asian Youth Games in China,
00:59as well as the Olympic Esports Series in Saudi Arabia,
01:03Southeast Asian Games in Thailand,
01:06and the possible expansion of NAPOSPON,
01:08the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games or IMAG, in Saudi Arabia.
01:13By January, let's roll our sleeves and first start the business,
01:19focus on those international competitions.
01:23In 2026, the country's delegates will also compete
01:27in the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy,
01:31and the 20th Asian Games will be held in Nagoya, Japan.
01:36Tolentino promised the leaders of the national sports associations
01:41that he will take care of the trust given to him as the leader of the POC.
01:46We will sustain what we are doing,
01:51and we will improve because we learned a lot of lessons,
01:59we faced a lot of challenges,
02:03not only Olympics, but all the international competitions.
02:08Rafael Bandayrel for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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