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Sports officials to visit Korea

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OFFICIALS of the Philippine Sports Institute will visit South Korea next month to learn more about their high performance training program.

National training director Marc Velasco said he and deputy director, Dr. Henry Daut will lead a delegation that will take a look at the facilities that the Korean Institute of Sports Science has to offer.

“We will see what programs can be applied in the Philippines,” said Velasco  following the launch of  Philippine Sports Institute last Monday at the Multi-Purpose Arena, Philsports Complex in Pasig City.

A modern high performance training center and a new sports science building is set to rise inside the Philsports Complex in the coming months.

Because of this  athletes preparing for international meets will be able to focus on their goals of winning medals, according Philippine Sports Commission chairman William “Butch” Ramirez.

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Ramirez met with  sports science officials of Korea, who came over during the launch.

Officials of the Korean Institute of Sports Science, headed by Dr. Park Young Ok,  went into a discussion with Ramirez and Velasco on  what they can contribute to the success of the PSI.

The PSI chief is upbeat about the establishment of the institute, which  is expected to bring hope to many national sports associations who want to see their athletes succeed in competitions outside the country.

The institute is also working on having linkages with its sports education programs with several sports science centers in the United States.

Velasco also revealed that they also plan to expand sports education grassroots program, starting in Davao del Norte.

Meanwhile, the Brent International School campus is the site where the PSC plans to put up facilities for high performance training, which is mostly weight training equipment.

A sports science building which will deal with sports medicine, sports psychology and sports physiology.

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