The two are expected to give their best performances in the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships slated from Feb. 10 to 12 in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. READ:
The two are expected to give their best performances in the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships slated from Feb. 10 to 12 in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.
“They’re our go-to guys. They will win medals and it’s almost a given. As for the Olympics, there’s no guarantee, they have to qualify,” said Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association president Terry Capistrano.PATAFA secretary general Edward Kho named the five, along with local bets Hockett Delos Santos , Mark Harry Diones , Leonard Grospe and Janry Ubas .There will be new faces in the mix like John Cabang , Mariano Masano and Edwin Giron Jr. and Michael Carlo Del Prado .
Also included in the roster are Jelly Dianne Paragile and Melissa Escoton , and Alexie Mae Caimoso and Sarah Dequinan .Kho said that the meet they will join early this year will give them the highest possible World Athletics’ points in their quest to make it to the Olympics. Obiena remained at no. 3 in the world rankings with 1394 points behind Swedish Armand Duplantis and American Christopher Nilsen .
The national athletics team is preparing for three major tournaments this year, namely the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia from May 5 to 17, the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China , and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok-Chonburi, Thailand . Peter Atencio
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