SPORTS leaders should scout and train their athletes early so they can develop and flourish in international competitions such as the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day, so athletes do not become champions overnight in international play like the SEA Games. It’s good to start them young since it takes time to develop them,” noted Mr. Ramirez on Sunday as the 31He singled out Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn F. Diaz and world champion Carlos “Caloy” Edriel Yulo, who stamped their class in weightlifting and gymnastics, respectively, in Hanoi, as products of long-term programs that made them elite athletes.
“Haidie did not do well in the 2012 London Olympics but won a silver medal in the Rio Summer Games in 2016 during the start of our second term as PSC chairman. She finally delivered the country’s first gold in Tokyo last year,” Mr. Ramirez stressed. “Before Caloy became a world-class athlete, he excelled in the Batang Pinoy and the Palarong Pambansa,” said Mr. Ramirez, who first came to the PSC in 1998 as a commissioner under the late chairman Carlos Tuason, of the two-youth oriented meets that the government sports agency is associated with.
He prayed that both events and the PSC’s Philippine National Games, another breeding ground of sports talent, would resume soon, as the country copes with the coronavirus crisis better and conditions continue to improve.
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