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Top sports officials in the country are expected to meet next week to discuss the resumption of training for athletes seeing action in three important international tournaments in 2022.

Philippine Sports Commission national training director Marc Velasco is confident that the Philippine delegation to the Tokyo Olympics, which kicks off on July 23, has what it takes to win medals in the prestigious quadrennial meet.

The facility of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) at the Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City is almost ready to host the bubble training of combat sport teams set to compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam later this year.

For as long as the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) continues to recognize and include Eumir Marcial as one of its boxers, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has no problem providing the Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer with his needs.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is closely monitoring the well-being of national athletes as they continue to train for future tournaments during the pandemic.

Five taekwondo jins preparing for this month’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) are expected to level up the intensity of their training inside the bubble at Inspire in Calamba, Laguna.

Sports officials are working to get clearance from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the resumption of training of other athletes competing in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games set late November.

As athletes from boxing, karate and taekwondo enter the Inspire Sports Academy for bubble training in preparation for different Tokyo Olympics qualifiers, national training director Marc Velasco said that they are ready for any eventuality when it comes to COVID-19 emergency.

The UAAP is expected to shed more light on the controversy involving University of Santo Tomas (UST) when it presents the school’s findings to officials of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Group and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday.

If and when the national team athletes are allowed to return to prepare for various Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Emerging Infectious Diseases will provide swab testing for all involved before they enter the Philsports Complex in Pasig City.

Although the Philsports Complex in Pasig City was locked down after a staff of the Philippine Sports Commission tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), an official of the agency assured the facility is COVID-19 free.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) assured national athletes they would get their monthly allowances as soon as possible following reports of delay relayed to Senator Bong Go.

The Joint Administrative Order (JAO), made up of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and Department of Health (DOH), admits it will take more than just the submission of safety protocols for contact sports to get the go signal to resume training.