The Philippines sends its largest-ever delegation to the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, with a focus on experience and exposure for future Winter Olympics qualification. The 19-strong team, comprised mostly of Filipino-foreign athletes, will compete in various winter sports.
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Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino professed faith for the 19-strong delegation, comprised mostly of Fil-foreigners who have adequately adapted to winter conditions and sporting events not naturally available in the Philippines. Leading the Filipino diaspora are familiar names in international winter sports competitions, like figure skating pair Isabella Gamez and naturalized Russian Alexander Korovin, individual figure skaters Paolo Borromeo, Cathryn Limketkai, and Sofia Frank, and slalom skiers Francis Ceccarelli and Tallulah Proulx.
Snowboarder Adrian Lee Tongko, uncle of Sofia Frank, was supposed to round out the country’s biggest-ever group to 20, but he suffered an untimely knee injury just days before the Harbin Games and decided to pull out of the event.
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