PHILIPPINE Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann has committed to enhance facilities for national athletes as well as the PSC’s offices.
Over the weekend, he visited the PSC’s training camp in Baguio City and met national athletes from boxing, muaythai, and athletics.
“I can say that there are a lot of improvements to be done. We have a lot of work to do, but I know we will be able to accomplish it slowly but surely,” Bachmann said during the agency’s flag raising ceremony yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
The national boxing team led by Tokyo Olympics silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio, Asian Games silver medalist Rogen Ladon, and SEA Games medalist Irish Magno discussed their training and competition plans with Bachmann, who watched them train.
“Masaya po kami na mabisita ni Chairman Bachmann dito sa Baguio. Dagdag encouragement po ito sa amin na mapanood at ipakita kung paano talaga ang training ng isang atleta araw-araw,” said Paalam, who also won a gold in the 2022 ASBC Championships in Jordan.
The boxing team is housed at PSC facilities in Baguio where national athletes and coaches train for various international tournaments this year like the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, among others.
Bachmann concluded his Baguio visit by meeting with 31st Southeast Asian Games medalists Islay Erika Bomogao (gold) and Rudzma Abubakar (bronze) from muay, together with athletics’ 30th SEA Games bronze medalist Joida Gagnao and training pool athlete Daniel Delatado.
Aside from the training facilities in Baguio City, Bachmann has also visited other national teams in the past two weeks, including windsurfers in Anilao, Batangas; the gymnastics squad in Intramuros, Manila; and squash, soft tennis, table tennis, water polo and para-athletics teams during their training sessions at the RMSC in Manila and Philsports Complex in Pasig City.
