Pinoy bets raring to go in Paragames
The 110 members of the Philippine contingent arrived in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday, all geared up for battle in the fourth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games set Jan. 20-26 in Nakhon Ratchasima.
RP delegation chief of mission Ral Rosario, a former swimming champion tanker who saw action in the 1974 Iran Asian Games, said the athletes are in high spirits and raring to compete against the region’s best.
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“They’re all ready and raring to go,” said
The main group will then join Philippine Sports Association for the Differently-Abled (Philspada) president Mike Barredo and deputy chief of mission Noel Ascue, who arrived in
Barredo, a former sports commissioner, attended the Executive Committee meeting Wednesday while Ascue, coach of the wheelchair basketball squad, represented RP in the Games and Liaisons Committee meeting Monday.
All the athletes will then go through the certification process to determine what events they would be entered to.
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