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PATAS NA OPORTUNIDAD SA ATLETA HINILING PARA SA SEAG CAMPAIGN

MC/Clyde Mariano
Feb 20, 2019
2 min read

MULING binuksan ang ‘panic button’ sa swimming dahil sa nalalapit na 30th Southeast Asian Games na idaraos sa Manila, siyam na buwan na lamang mula nga­yon.

“Time is fast running out. We have to get our best swimmers together to repre­sent the country in the SEA Games,” ayon kay Nikki Co­seteng sa 10th ‘Usapang Sports’ ng Tabloids Organi­za­tion in Philippine Sports (TOPS) sa National Press Club sa Intramuros kasabay ng paghikayat sa Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) at Philippine Sports Com­mission (PSC) na pinal nang wakasan ang pagkaha-ha­bang kontrobersiya na bu­ma­­lot sa sport at bigyan ang lahat ng talented Filipino swim­mers ng patas na opor­tunidad na katawanin ang bansa sa SEAG.

Aniya, hindi magkaka­roon ng posibilidad na ma­ka­paghatid ng magagaling na swimmers at coaches ang bansa hangga’t hindi nalu­lutas ang sigalot sa liderato.

“It is really getting tiring and frustrating. But we can­not let politics rear its ugly head in sports time and again. It is unfair,” paliwa­nag pa niya, ang honorary chairper­son ng Philippine Swim­ming League (PSL).

“Our top swimmer, Jasmine Mod­jeh, won six to seven golds in her last tourna­ment. Siya ang No. 1 swim­mer natin pero bakit hindi siya kasali sa age-group ng swimming ng SEAG?”

Idinenay din ni Cose­teng na interesado siyang maging NSA president. “When I first started to become an advocate on the proper way to run an NSA, I have been accused of so many things. Lahat binabato na sa akin. But if kung may goal ka talaga, lahat ng mga asong tumatahol sa gilid, hindi mo papansinin.” Dag­dag pa niya, “I can’t imagine myself becoming an NSA president because if I run an NSA the way I wanted it, they’ll probably throw me out in two days or even in 30 minutes.”

Ang TOPs ay binubuo ng sportswriters and photo­graphers mula sa iba’t ibang pangunahing tabloids sa bansa. Ang Usapang Sports ay ipinakikita ng live sa Face­­book via Glitter Live­stream.

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