00:00In combat sports, the current president of the Philippine Sambo Federation, Paolo Tancontian,
00:06has held his position until 2028.
00:09What are his plans to make the sport more popular in the country?
00:15For the details, here is the report of Paolo Salamati.
00:19The Philippine Sambo Federation has no plans to rest
00:22on the leadership of their president, Paolo Tancontian,
00:25for the upcoming programs from this year until 2028.
00:30One of them is the participation in major tournaments such as
00:34the World Beach Sambo Championship, World Championship,
00:37Asian Championship, and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, or IMAG.
00:41Aside from this, Tancontian also distributed to PTV Sports,
00:45which is the most targeted by the federation,
00:48to find new generations of Filipino Samboists
00:51using their expanded grassroots program throughout the Philippines.
00:55We will continue our grassroots program that we started,
01:00Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
01:04We started last year, December, in Davao City,
01:10and maybe here in Tagaytay, Baguio, Bingit,
01:16and in Visayas, Cebu, and Dumaguete.
01:21Those are our plans.
01:24And in Mindanao, this March, we will have a part 2,
01:31a continuation of what we started.
01:35And our grassroots program is very effective
01:38because most of our athletes are from the province.
01:44In order to realize this kind of program,
01:47Tancontian also thanked all the members of the Philippine Sambo Federation
01:51who were a great help to be re-elected as president of their group.
01:56First of all, I want to thank all the members of the Philippine Sambo
02:01for re-electing me for the next 4 years.
02:06And tomorrow, we will have a meeting with our coaches.
02:12This is our first meeting for 2025.
02:16One of the Sambos in the sports that the country often gets
02:19as medals in local and international tournaments.
02:23Paulo Salamatina for Atletang Pilipino sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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