Ito ang pormal na inihayag kahapon ni Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Celso Dayrit sa ginanap na General Assembly sa Cafe J Restaurant sa Makati City.
Dahil dito, ang kabuuang bilang ng atletang ipapadala sa quadrennial meet ay umabot na sa 12.
"Now that we have 12, maybe 16 or 18 could be easy for us to have in the Athens Olympic Games," ani Dayrit.
Makakasama ni Figueroa, kabilang sa women’s archery team na nag-reyna sa 22nd Southeast Asian Games sa Vietnam noong 2003 sina boxers Violito Payla, Romeo Brin at Christopher Camat, swimmers Miguel Mendoza, Miguel Molina at Carlo Piccio, taekwondo jins Donald Geisler, Maria Antonette Rivero at Tsomlee Go at tracksters Eduardo Buenavista at Lerma Bulauitan.