The 12-man Philippine taekwondo team is hoping to conjure the magic of 2006 when the ultra-modern city raises the curtain for the 19th edition of the Asian Games this Saturday, Sept. 23.
Philippine Taekwondo Association Secretary-General Rocky Samson likes his team’s chances after players from both the Kyorugi and Poomsae have gone the extra mile in their effort to duplicate the two silver and three bronze medals won by the PH team during the Doha edition.
“It’s going to be very challenging for them,” said Samson, himself one of the smartest fighters of his era. The Doha edition was the country’s most successful campaign so far since the inception of the popular Korean sport in the quadrennial event in the 1986 Seoul edition.
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