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POC okays criteria for Asiad athletes

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THE preparation of national athletes training to qualify for the 2018 Asian Games is expected to kick into high gear in the coming days.

Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco Jr. said this after the POC board approved the criteria set by the national delegation’s Chef de Mission to the 18th Asiad.

“National sports associations must focus on the strength conditioning and nutrition of their Asiad-bound athletes,” said Cojuangco.

The NSAs are now in the process of selecting their athletes, who will form the Philippine team that will participate in the Games from Aug. 18 to Sep. 2, 2018 in Indonesia.

One of the basis for selection are athletes, who are privately-funded for the Asian Games and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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It also includes current Olympic Solidarity scholars and athletes with the best time, distance and scores.

In the running, too, are athletes who finished in the Top 8 in the World Championship and World Cup.

Also in the criteria are athletes who were in the Top 4 of the 2015 Asiad, the Asian Championship and Asian Cup, plus gold and silver medalists in the 2017 Southeast Asian and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

On the other hand, those who miss the qualifying standard marginally,  but could show potential to equal or surpass it in time for the Asiad are also part of the criteria.

Lastly, athletes who are in compliance with all applicable anti-doping rules and requirements can also make the cut.

The Games, composed of 40 sports, 67 disciplines and 462 events, will be held in two venues–Jakarta and Palembang.

There 28 are Olympic sports, four new Olympic sports and eight non-Olympic sports.

Jakarta will host 29 sports, while 11 sports will be played in Palembang.

Athletics has 48 gold medals at stake, swimming offers 41 and diving has 10 golds.

Other sports are archery, basketball, badminton, baseball, rugby, softball, volleyball (indoor and beach), fencing, kurash and sambo, hockey and  weightlifting.

Also listed are wrestling, taekwondo, wushu, kabaddi, table tennis, judo, jujitsu, karate, boxing, pencat silak, squash, handball, golf, cycling, paragliding, football, canoe, bowling, tennis, soft tennis, sport climbing, shooting and sepak takraw, plus roller sport and bridge. 

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