{"id":172,"date":"2024-02-03T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2024-02-03T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T16:56:44","slug":"wada-warning-shocks-poc-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/wada-warning-shocks-poc-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"WADA warning shocks POC General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino officially informed the body\u2019s General Assembly of an impending World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspension on the country unless the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) complies with the international agency\u2019s code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presidents or secretary-generals of the 38 national sports associations who attended the assembly on Thursday were shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody was shocked, but I had to report to the general assembly because it\u2019s my responsibility,\u201d said Tolentino during Thursday\u2019s General Assembly at the East Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Paranaque City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody wanted this for sure, nobody wanted to be in this delicate situation and we are also celebrating our 100 years of participation in the Olympics in Paris,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we are all praying and hoping that we comply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Philippines stands the risk of its flag not being flown in Paris because of the PSC\u2019s non-compliance with the WADA Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PSC in a statement last week said it\u2019s been working on complying with the code and has until February 13 to complete the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-compliance, the WADA stressed in its notification to the PSC last January 22, would result in the Philippine flag banned from the Olympics Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Para Games, Southeast Asian Games and Para Games and world championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-compliance would also ban the country from hosting international competitions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe [POC leadership] were totally uninformed of the WADA issue. They [PSC] didn\u2019t even approach us for help, maybe we can do something,\u201d Tolentino said. \u201cThe clock is ticking and it\u2019s only 11 days to go.\u201d       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad and disappointing if that happens because all our athletes are religiously training to qualify for the Olympics,\u201d Tolentino said. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping it\u2019s not too late yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino officially informed the body\u2019s General Assembly of an impending World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspension on the country unless the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) complies with the international agency\u2019s code. The presidents or secretary-generals of the 38 national sports associations who attended the assembly on Thursday were shocked….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t