Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino continued to push for the inclusion of Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, Mo Tautuaa, and Jason Perkins on the Gilas Pilipinas’ final roster for the 19th Asian Games.
“We will push it a thousand times; we’ll push it every time they deny it,” Tolentino said shortly after the flag-raising ceremony for the country at the Asian Games Village in Hangzhou on Thursday afternoon.
The POC has been pushing for the four PBA players’ inclusion in the final 12 of Gilas Pilipinas for the men’s basketball competition, which begins on Wednesday as the nationals face Bahrain.
“We’ll push it every minute, and they deny it,” he said.
The four’s inclusion started at the delegation registration meeting (DRM), which was supposed to be done last Sunday. But the procedure dragged on for two days before Saturday’s opening ceremony.
Hagoc also firmly denied the POC’s requests to include three athletes in fencing, as well as one each in gymnastics and golf, as late replacements.
They were fencers Alexa Lareabal, Hae Abella, and Lee Ergina; golfer Chanelle Avaricio; and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar.
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