Marcos emphasizes significance of sports activities as renovated PhilSports Advanced reopens

‘There isn’t any different exercise that builds character higher than sports activities,’ says President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. as he graces the reopening of the refurbished PhilSports Advanced

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. underlined the significance of sports activities in nation-building as he graced the reopening of the refurbished PhilSports Advanced in Pasig on Wednesday, November 19.

Along with First Woman Liza Araneta-Marcos, Philippine Sports activities Fee chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio, and Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, Marcos led the ribbon slicing of the newly renovated Nationwide Athletic Middle.

“There isn’t any different exercise that builds character higher than sports activities,” stated Marcos. “Win or lose, it helps you change into a greater particular person.”

Different upgraded amenities embody the athletes’ dorm and eating corridor. The Nationwide Sports activities Museum additionally acquired relocated from the Rizal Memorial Sports activities Advanced to the PhilSports Advanced.

The reopening of PhilSports Advanced comes lower than a month earlier than the Philippines’ participation within the Southeast Asian Video games in Thailand in December.

Over 1,200 Filipino athletes can be despatched to the biennial showpiece, with the nation hoping to surpass its 58-gold, 86-silver, 116-bronze medal haul in 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

“To see these new amenities, these new preparations that you’ve achieved for our athletes is one thing that brings a substantial amount of pleasure to my coronary heart as a result of our athletes actually must be supported,” stated Marcos. – Rappler.com