POC president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (seventh from left) lead Team Philippines in the flag-raising ceremony on Thursday afternoon at
HANGZHOU—Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino vowed to continue fighting for the inclusion of Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, Mo Tautuaa and Jason Perkins on the men’s 5×5 basketball team for the 19“We will push it a thousand times, we’ll push it every time they deny it,” Tolentino said after the flag-raising ceremony for the country at the Asian Games Village on Thursday afternoon.
The POC also sought the inclusion of three athletes in fencing and one each in gymnastics and golf as late replacements but were denied with finality by the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee or Hagoc. Tolentino led the flag-raising ceremony that formally welcomed the Philippine delegation in Hangzhou, the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing in 1990 and Hangzhou in 2010.
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