00:00Back to being the head coach of the national fencing team,
00:03Rolando Amat Canlas Jr.,
00:05who was the former team leader from 2016 to 2022,
00:09who is expected to be a guide to the countries that will play
00:13as a preparation for the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.
00:17In spite of the challenges from other countries,
00:19Canlas chose to stay
00:21to serve the country again
00:23because he believes that Filipinos have hope
00:27to be able to compete with the best fencers in the world.
00:31Canlas admitted that there is a big challenge in the upcoming SEA Games,
00:34especially that the Philippines did not win the gold medal
00:37in 2023 in Cambodia.
00:40Canlas is also the coach of the Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan
00:44in the 2024 Paris Olympics,
00:47where the athlete's knee was injured again.
00:50In spite of this, the Philippine Fencing Association expects
00:53that Catantan will return to his original foundation
00:57and will remain one of the strongest fencers in the Philippines,
01:01along with Nwoye Lito Hsieh in Men's Ipe.
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