SOME 66 Filipino athletes are set to go to the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games slated on Sept. 17 to 27 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
This is the initial assessment of deputy chef de mission Raymund Lee-Reyes after he and delegation head Monsour Del Rosario visited various national sports associations recently.
Around 30 wrestlers, 28 athletes in the sport of kurasch and eight athletes in dance sports are currently preparing to join.
“This is what we got so far, from the many number of events listed,” said Lee-Reyes in an radio interview.
Del Rosario and Lee-Reyes recently checked the preparations of Filipino athletes by visiting the office and training areas of many NSAs involved.
So far, there are 12 male and 5 female athletes aspiring to make it to the Greco Roman squad in regular wrestling, while another 20 are being considered in belt wrestling.
Sports officials are still finding out if there are players qualified from billiards and bowling.
In the sport of kurasch, they are thinking of bringing along 14 male and 14 female athletes.
In the 2013 AIMAG held in Incheon, South Korea, the Philippines won three medals—one gold and two bronzes—and wound up 19th out of 43 nations.
At that time, Chery Gamili and Clarice Parcon claimed the gold and bronze in dancesport, while Rubilen Amit took the bronze in billiard.
