MANILA, Philippines?For averting a complete shutout for Team Philippines in the Beijing Olympics, the national wushu team is getting P500,000 more.

The Philippine Sports Commission board on Wednesday unanimously approved the cash incentive for the members of the wushu team led by gold medalist Willy Wang, silver winner Mary Jane Estimar and bronze medalists Benjie Rivera and Marian Mariano.

Wushu Federation of the Philippines honorary lifetime president Francis Chan said they are expecting more incentives for the medalists as the First Gentleman Foundation had promised P1 million and San Miguel Corporation and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation also pledged additional rewards.

From the FG Foundation?s P1 million, Wang will get P500,000, Estimar P300,000 and Rivera and Mariano P100,000 each, Chan said during a press conference.

Wushu was one of several demonstration events in the Olympics and the medals won didn?t count in the official standings.

The winner of the country?s first gold medal in the regular events of the Games would have won as much as P15 million.

But all 15 Filipino Olympians failed to survive their initial outings.

Wang said he hopes the impressive wushu showing in the Olympics could ?help raise the profile of wushu as a sport in the Philippines.?

The 24-year-old nanquan artist said he is not ready to retire yet and will compete in the Laos Southeast Asian Games next year.

?Hopefully, wushu will be included as a regular sport in the 2012 London Olympics, because I would love to compete there,? said Wang.

PSC chair William ?Butch? Ramirez, who was also present during the press conference, said the wushu athletes will again be sent to China for more training.