PH eyes podium finish in 10th Asean Para Games
Credit to Author: JOSEF T. RAMOS, TMT| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:20:33 +0000
Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) President Michael Barredo wants a podium finish for Pinoy bets as the country hosts the 10th Asean Para Games January 18 to 25 next year at different playing venues in Clark, Subic and Manila.
The PH finished fifth in the previous edition of the biennial meet in Malaysia.
“It is hard to win the overall championship in the Para Games because we’re limited ourselves to 14 to 18 sports,” Barredo told reporters during the 10th Asean Para Games news conference at the Novotel Hotel in Cubao, Quezon City on Friday.
Indonesia ruled the last Para Games with 126 gold, 75 silver and 50 bronze medals, followed by Malaysia with 90-85-83 and Thailand with 68-73-95. Vietnam ended fourth with 40-61-60 and the Philippines fifth with 20-20-29.
“But we aim to improve our standings from the previous ones. Hopefully we bag the top four or three positions,” Barredo said. “We still have to catch up with Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. We will show our countrymen that our athletes will give their best.”
The Asean Para Games will be held a few weeks after the 30th Southeast Asian Games, which the PH will also be the hosting from November 30 to December 11.
Host Philippines will compete against Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia and Timor Leste.
Among the sports to be included in the games are archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, cycling, volleysitting, wheelchair-basketball, goalball, judo, powerlifting, swimming, tenpin bowling, table tennis, para triathlon, football 7-a-side, wheel chair tennis and shooting.
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