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I "oro*, JuLY 2s, 2019

Tolentino electcd a$
new PoG pre$ident
By |r{llil GnffiU
HOPEFLILLY, preparations for
the fodlcoming 30lh Soqtheast
AsianGanes will fi nallyhitfever
pitch soon nowriat thePhilippine
Olympic Committeo has a new
president in Cavite Rep. Abala-
ham'.Bambol" Tolentino.
The 55-yeai old Tolentino,
head of dle Integated Cyclitrg
Iederation ofthe Philippines, was
electedtotlleofEceashedefeded
former Philippine Sports Com-
mission Chair Philio E[a Juico
in special elections o; Suday at
the Ceotury Park Hobl.
TolendDo, who reoresenls
Cavite provinc€'s 7th disnict jn
congess, gamercd 24votes, $r'ith
Juico, also tbe bead ofOe PhitiD.
pine Amareur Tnck and Eel'd,
getting m voes.
Tolentino will continue to
serve fie unfidshed relmofRickv gvil,eCoDg, Abrahrm'Brmbol" Tole itro (second ftom fight) miks afiar belng voted as the n€w
Vargas. who resigned as POt FocprcsideDt duritrg tbe FOC €l€ctioEs at the Cmtury lhrFHotel in Manit vesrfuav,Alsoel€ctad
pr€sident in tune, until m20. are POC Chainld'tr Strpben HoDiiv€roc and FOC Bor;d members J€sTs Ctiit Aranai and Cynftie
TolentinoalsoservEdascbair- cem' phota by Mon iecina
manof thePC|Cduiingthetermof
Vargas.
(19). have arq)resentalive, Now that he is at the helm of
Handball associatiotr's Srevo Forty-four voted in rhe spe- Thepositions that werc con- th€ POC, Tolentino's first order
Hontiveros, who mn undetJuico, cialel€ctions- threeof which wee test€d were declarcd vacant fol- of business is !o sit down with
won dle chairrnanship, bearing individualsinlntemaiional OlyG lowing the r€signation of POC
pic Colnmisee(IOC) representa-
who's who in SEAG prepara-
Roben Aveotajadoof taekwotrdo, officialsled by previous presi- tions to ensure the success ofthe
2Gt8. tive to fte Philippines Mikee dentRicky Vargas of Amateur SEAG which the countrv is host-
Clint Aranas of archery and Cojuangco-Jawo*ski, and ath- Boxing Alliance of the Philip- ing from Nov. 30 to Dic. I 1 .
Cynthia Carrion of gymnastics letes cornmission members Hid- pines (ABAP). The polls, the third to be
were elected to the board afier ilra Diaz and Henry Dagmil. Tolentino himself resigned conducted this Olympic cycle,
accumulating u nd Zl toi"s Forty-one national spoats as- as well to seekthe presidency of were supervised by a ctlIrnnittee
respectively, bedting Monico sociations (NSAS) tookpartinthe lhePOCand pmmis€dtosweep composed of lawyer Teodoro
Puentevela of weighrlift ing (2 1) election. away the political m€ss sbmud- Kalaw IV,I€tmn athletic diector
a[d Lailani Velarco of aquarics Rugby abstained while lhe ing lhe country's highest Olym- Fr. Vic Calvo, and Rep. Coffado
shooting association did not pic body. Estrella
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