Olympic bets mananatiling prayoridad ng PSC matapos ang MECQ

TINIYAK ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) na prayoridad nito sa ­kalinga at patuloy na ensayo in observance with health protocol para sa mga Olympic qualifiers at hopefuls matapos ang Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine sa Agosto 18.
Ayon kay PSC Chairman William Ramirez at National Training Director Marc Velasco ito ay napagkasunduan sa nakaraang discussion for the Joint Administrative Order Guidelines on the Conduct of Health-Enhancing Physical Activities and Sports during the COVID-19 Pandemic na nilahukan din ng Games and Amusements Board (GAB) at Chairman Baham Mitra, sports leaders of the Department of Education, professional sports league, colle­ges, and universities, kung saan nilahad ng PSC ang kanilang solidong plano sa pagpapatuloy ng prepara­syon para sa Tokyo-bound athletes.
“We are working towards the approval of the training of our national athletes who have earned their slots in the Games. We are hoping it gets the go-signal from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) first immediately after the MECQ,” ani Ramirez.
“The PSC discussed this with the POC (Philippine Olympic Committee). We still have to sit down with the PPC (Philippine Paralympic Committee). The POC will determine through their NSAs (National Sports Associations) who are coming for the Olympic slots and they will be the ones to return first or if possible, we can have them in a bubble,” paliwanag naman ni Velasco. “The said mee­ting for the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Guidelines was to prepare and check with the stakeholders ensuring that they cover all required public health standards for physical and sporting activities and allowable thres-holds for professio­nal and nonprofessional sports per risk severity area. The guidelines are still under discussion and subject to necessary changes before it gets submitted to the IATF.(Danny Simon)