PH swimming gets IATF nod for hosting of national selection meet | Inquirer Sports

PH swimming gets IATF nod for hosting of national selection meet

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 08:44 PM May 21, 2021

Athletes start in the women's 200m freestyle final during swimming competition at the 30th Southeast Asian Games

Athletes start in the women’s 200m freestyle final during swimming competition at the 30th Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Tarlac province, northern Philippines on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

MANILA, Philippines—The country’s swimming team is set to take shape after the national government allowed national tryouts in August at New Clark City Aquatics Center.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases granted the Philippine Swimming Incorporated’s request to hold the 2021 Swimming National Selections from August 28 to 30 at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games venue.

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Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the development during Friday’s briefing.

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PSI President Lailani Velasco said the national selections would allow her group to come up with the best team that would compete in Hanoi for the 2021 SEA Games.

“Our goal is to get our athletes back into competitive shape as we prepare for the 31st SEA Games. Of course, we only want to select the best possible lineup for the awaited event. In turn, we hope that our athletes can bring hope to the rest of our country as we slowly recover from this pandemic,” wrote Velasco in a Facebook post.

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“We at the PSI have been hard at work in making this happen since our swimming community has been forced to stay at home for more than a year.”

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Velasco added that the PSI worked together with Vince Dizon, Bases Conversion and Development Authority President, Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentino in gaining the IATF approval.

The Philippines earned a total of 16 medals in the swimming competition in the 2019 SEA Games with James Deiparine delivering the country’s lone gold after ruling the 100-meter breaststroke event.

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