Aside from the national men’s basketball team, the Philippine contingent will also miss top gymnast Kaitlyn de Guzman in the 2018 Asian Games.
De Guzman, a gold medallist in in the last 2017 SEA Games, has been sidelined by an injury and will not see action in the quadrennial meet in Indonesia.
According to Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion, the United States-based de Guzman is recovering from a recurring hip injury.
The 18-year-old De Guzman is a winner of the uneven bars gold medal in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games.
Secretary general Bettina Pou said De Guzman had surgery after the SEA Games.
After returning to training early this year, De Guzman hurt her hip again and was advised to seek medical attention.
Gymnastics’ officials have since named Filipino-American Corinne Banagan as De Guzman’s replacement.
The 16-year-old Bunagan is based in New York and trains with coach Craig Zappa.
This will be Banagan’a first stint in the Asiad.
The rest of the PHL Asiad Artistic gymnastics’ team are Rey Capellan, Christina Onofre, Gwyn Timbang and Carlos Yulo.
Rhythmic bets are Dannah Sabio and Nicolle Medina.