HANGZHOU: Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham 'Bambol' Tolentino vowed to continue fighting for the inclusion of Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, Mo Tautuaa and Jason Perkins on the men's 5x5 basketball team for the 19th Asian Games.
'We will push it a thousand times, we'll push it every time they deny it,' Tolentino said after the flag-raising ceremony for the country at the Asian Games Village on Thursday afternoon.The POC has been pushing for the four Philippine Basketball Association players' inclusion in the final 12 of Gilas Pilipinas for the 5x5 competition that starts Wednesday with the Philippines taking on Bahrain as its first assignment in Group C.
The POC also sought the inclusion of three athletes in fencing and one each in gymnastics and golf as late replacements but were denied with finality by the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee or Hagoc.They were fencers Alexa Lareabal, Hae Abella and Lee Ergina, golfer Chanelle Avaricio and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar.
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