POC busy na para sa 1st Winter Olympics Harbin Games – Tolentino

HANDA na ang bansa sa pagpapadala ng pambatong 20-athletes team natin sa ninth edition ng Winter Games na ihu-host ng China sa ikatlong pagkakataon mula Pebrero 7 hanggang 14 sa winter resort ng siyudad Fg Harbin.

Ano ang misyon? simulang itatag ang entablado para sa napipintong kauna-unahang Winter Olympics na medalya para sa Pilipinas .

“We’ve already accomplished the dream in the Summer Olympics—three gold medals in consecutive games,” wika ni Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino kahapon.

“And that dream we want to also achieve in the Winter Olympics”. Optimistiko si Tolentino na ang Team Philippines na sasabak sa Harbin ang makasasagot dito.

“And our athletes are competing in six of the 11 sports on the Harbin program,”ani pa Tolentino.

Nasa sampung piling-pli na atleta ang isasabak POC sa Harbin na kinabibilangan nina — Marc Angelo Pfister, Enrico Gabriel Pfister, Christian Patrick Haller, Alan Beat Frei, Jessica Pfister, Benjo Delarmente, Kathleen Dubberstein, Leilani Dubberstein, Sheila Mariano at Anne Marie Bonache.

Ang iba pang miyembro ng Team Philippines sa timon ni Chef de mission Richard Lim ay sina Paolo Borromeo, Aleksandr Korovin, Cathryn Limketkai, Isabella Marie Gamez and Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank in figure skating; Francis Ceccarelli and Talullah Proulx in Alpine skiing; Laetaz Amihan Rabe in freestyle skiing; Peter Joseph Groseclose in short track speed skating and Adrian Tongco in snowboarding.

“The Winter Olympics are as extremely tough as the Summer Olympics, but we have proven that it could be done,”diin ni Tolentino.

Nasa 64 events ang pagtutunggalian sa Harbin .

“Japan has been the dominant team in the games, followed by China and Kazakhstan. Pero sosorpesahin natin sila”, optimistikong pahayag ni Tolentino. (Danny Simon)