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Pilot Rhea Pleasure Sumalpong and brakesman Shirley Salamagos of the Philippine ladies’s bobsled workforce check their mettle within the North American Cup
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine ladies’s bobsled workforce bannered by pilot Rhea Pleasure Sumalpong and brakesman Shirley Salamagos intention for helpful expertise and publicity as they see motion within the North American Cup set from March 26 to 27 in Lake Placid, New York, United States, for the primary time.
Sumalpong of Tangub Metropolis, Misamis Occidental, and Salamagos of Itbayat, Batanes, have been coaching on the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports activities Complicated and can participate within the Worldwide Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Improvement Camp scheduled from March 16 to 21 earlier than they compete within the two-woman bobsleigh occasion of the North American Cup.
Their participation within the North American Cup comes a yr after Sumalpong and Salamagos bagged silver within the Korea Cup Bobsled Championship.
Sumalpong and Salamagos, who’re each energetic responsibility personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard, additionally had coaching stints on the Olympic Sliding Heart in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2024 and 2025.
“This can be a very historic event for Philippine bobsled,” mentioned Philippine Nationwide Bobsled Luge and Skeleton Affiliation president and founder Thelmo Cunanan Jr.
“We began the PNBLSA in 2017 and joined IBSF in 2020. Since 2017, now we have educated and competed in Austria, Canada, and South Korea. However that is the primary time our athletes are becoming a member of the IBSF Improvement Camp for Rising Nations and the primary time we’re competing in an IBSF North American Cup race.”
Sumalpong and Salamagos are accompanied by workforce captain Heins Arlegui and coach Jeffrey dela Cruz in the USA. – Rappler.com
