PSC leads send off for PH athletes seeing action in Olympics, Paralympics

Source: The Manila times

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has teamed up with Allianz PNB Life to send off the Filipino athletes participating in the Olympics and Paralympics in July in Paris, France.

The send off event was held at the Makati Diamond Residence on Thursday.

PSC Commissioner Richard Bachmann shared that the council gives their all out support, and hopes nothing but the best for the Filipino Olympians.

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"We show our all out support for our athletes. All the requests for equipments and training abroad we are actually funding them, and we also want to further improve our facilities and the dormitories for our athletes," Bachmann said.

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"I hope all of our athletes qualify. I expect them to win, I mean everyone, I don't want to pick or choose any sport. But again we fully support them. Qualifying for the Olympics is already huge, and it's a blessing if they put an icing on the cake," he added.

Allianz commits to further help athletes as they equip the Filipino Olympians with financial literacy, giving them insurances to assure the health and safety of the Olympic-bound athletes.

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"We look at on how we can add value to the life of these people. The life of an athlete is an end to end, but at some point the career is over. It is important to establish legacy and at the same time be secured for tomorrow," Allianz chief executive officer Joseph Gross told the press.

Present in the send off are boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, and Hergie Bacyadan.

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Weightlifting bets also graced the event with John Ceniza, Vanessa Sarno, and Elreen Ando.

Also seeing action in Paris are EJ Obiena, Aleah Finnegan, Carlos Yulo, Eumir Marcial, Aira Villegas, Joanie Delgaco, Levi Ruviviar, Sam Catantan, and Emma Malabuyo.