Philippine Olympic Committee Aims for 25 Qualifiers for 2024 Paris Olympics

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The president of the Philippine Olympic Committee, Abraham 'Bambol' Tolentino, hopes to see 25 Filipino athletes qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, surpassing the number of qualifiers in the 2020 Tokyo Games. As of now, there are already 13 athletes who have secured qualification.

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino is hoping to see as many as 25 Filipinos qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics , which would exceed the number of 19 athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Games .In a media briefing held at Milky Way Cafe in Makati on Friday, Tolentino expressed his hopes of seeing more Filipino qualifiers for the Paris Games.“We’re expecting 25, that’s the best estimate, including those who qualified na,” he said.

One female and one male in both athletics and aquatics. 'Yan 'yung pag hindi ka mag-qualify ng normal. May universality,” he said.The two slots for swimming will likely go to Jarod Hatch and Kayla Sanchez, who Tolentino said were the best performing at their events.In athletics, there is only one slot left allotted for the women's events as Obiena had already qualified on the men’s side.

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