In the recently concluded Asian Games in Guanzhou, China, Filipinos athletes were sent to compete on different events including boxing, karate, bowling, chess, diving and others. Few of them lost but there were some who emerged as winners in the tournament.
Rey Saludar of a talent-rich Panabo, Davao del Norte, became the newest toast of amateur boxing as he gave the country its lone gold in boxing in the Asian Games.
He defeated the hometown boy Yong Chang by a score of 13-11, although many people said that the he deserved to win in a bigger margin.
“Suntok ginto sa Olympics/Punch for gold at the Olympics” the battle cry of Filipino Athletes in China. Ricky Vargas president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines said that “we are proud of our athletes and coaches in China”. We should keep on sending athletes outside of the country to compete for them to gain experience and in effect we might get our first gold in the Olympics.
3 Million pesos was rewarded to Rey saludar for getting the only gold in Asian Games to be given by Manny Pangilinan, a businessman and the godfather of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines. Silver and bronze medalists were awarded with 1 million and 500k respectively.
At the end, Philippines got 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.
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