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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.

Philippine Sports Commission chairman Butch Ramirez said the foreign training of elite national athletes is a huge boost as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian Games.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) assured that the health and safety protocols will be religiously implemented inside the training bubble for the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls to prevent COVID-19 infection at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

World champion Nesthy Petecio and two fellow boxers were the first athletes to enter the training bubble for the Tokyo aOlympics aspirants in three combat sports which formally started on Friday at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

The bubble training for Philippine Olympic hopefuls and qualifiers from three combat sports begin Friday with some coaches and athletes from the boxing team entering the facility at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

Filipino athletes will get to maximize the world-class training facilities and amenities at Inspire, located inside the National University-Laguna campus.

National taekwondo jins and coaches are expected to work double time to boost their training preparations in time for the Asian Qualification tournament for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is working with government agencies to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccination of national athletes particularly those who will compete in the Tokyo Olympics set on July 23 to Aug. 8.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has earmarked around P15 million for the upcoming training of the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls in boxing, taekwondo and karate under a bubble setup at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) held an orientation Wednesday to Olympic aspirants in boxing, taekwondo and karate undergoing the training bubble at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna this month.

Filipino athletes who have earned slots in the Tokyo Olympics this year are delighted by the government’s effort to have them vaccinated against COVID-19.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino believes budget will not be an issue in providing free COVID-19 vaccinations for national athletes.

The country’s highest sports officials are confident the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will still push through despite alarming reports that Japan is poised to declare a state of emergency as COVID-19 cases soar in key locations across the country.

As the sporting world slowly tries to normalize after being crippled with the pandemic, national athletes are expected to have their hands full this year with a number of elite tournaments lined up.

Amid the slew of cancelled sports spectacles worldwide last year, the sputtering attempts to restart in empty arenas stalled events, and the success of an experimental bubble, the single biggest question for 2021 is “Will the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, initially calendared in mid-2020 at the height of a deadly global pandemic, finally see the light of day this July?”

Euphoria still hasn’t subsided following the country’s overall championship victory at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games when pandemic hit the country early in 2020.

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez believes the country can still produce more than 10 qualifiers to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite the challenges brought by the pandemic.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) plans to send athletes from three combat sports vying for Tokyo Olympics spots to a bubble training camp at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.