Dickie Bachmann (center) takes his vow prior to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (2nd from left) at Malaca ñang. Standing close to Bersamin is Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Guevarra (left). Looking on are Bachmann’s little girls Ciara (2nd from right) as well as Sophia.– ADDED PICTURE
From a victory-starved country in the Olympics, Team Philippines managed a radical change by netting its very first gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games with weightlifting star Hidilyn Diaz.
Sustaining the energy got from the most significant celebration in international sporting activities will certainly get on top of the program for Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard “Dickie” Bachmann.
The freshly set up PSC principal will certainly be anticipating taking a seat with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to develop a task force that will certainly outline the path of Filipino professional athletes mosting likely to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
” I have my concentrate on the professional athletes as well as the NSAs (nationwide sporting activities organizations). I will certainly additionally be reinforcing my partnership with the POC,” claimed Bachmann, that was set up as the 12th chairman of the federal government sporting activities firm recently.
“In truth, I obtained a congratulatory letter from POC head of state Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino as well as I will certainly react by asking him to develop a task force– both PSC as well as POC– so we can collaborate for all the occasions bring about the Olympics,” included Bachmann.
Athletes’ requirements
Aside from reinforcing the firm’s connections with the POC, one more prime focus that Bachmann will certainly place focus on are the requirements of the professional athletes as well as their numerous nationwide sporting activities organizations.
There more than a thousand professional athletes being dealt with by atleast 70 NSAs acknowledged under the umbrella of the POC.
The PSC-POC task force for Paris 2024 will certainly keep track of the training, competitors as well as general prep work of professional athletes that have solid possibilities of certifying as well as those promoted to win a medal in the Olympics.
Diaz, that recorded the nation’s very first gold medal in the quadrennial satisfy 2 years earlier in Tokyo, will certainly get on the concern listing in addition to Tokyo Olympic silver champions Nesthy Petecio as well as Carlo Paalam of boxing as well as fellow fighter Eumir Marcial, that filched a bronze medal.
Also anticipated to be consisted of in the lineup are globe champ gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo as well as globeNo 3 post vaulterErnest John Obiena Both Yulo as well as Obiena are guaranteed medal competitors once they make it to Paris.
“We have not tackled it [task force] yet. Right currently, I’m concentrated on the company itself,” claimed Bachmann.
There’s a lot of labor in advance for Bachmann as well as his board made up of PSC commissioners Olivia “Bong” Coo, Edward Hayco as well as Walter Torres with a jampacked timetable of worldwide multi-event competitors this year alone.
