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Obstacle Racing athletes get boost from Allianz Philippines

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Members of the Philippine Obstacle Course Racing National Team were selected after close to 200 course runners from 10 countries took part in the 2019 Asian OCR Championships Saturday at the Quirino Grandstand.

Obstacle Racing athletes get boost from Allianz Philippines
The Para-OCR Athletes National Pool Team Members with Gae Martinez, Chief Marketing Officer, Allianz PNB Life (standing far left) Ian Adamson, President, World OCR (standing, 7th from left); Alex Grenz, President and CEO, Allianz PNB Life (standing, 8th from left); and Atty. Al Agra, President, Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation (standing, 9th from left).

National coach Raven Quan said this right before participants from Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Guam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Marianas and Vietnam took on local bets in three separate categories.

“We are choosing the national team and it will come from those who perform well in the race,” said Quan.

Last February, eight top members of the national squad were sent to Colorado to train with members of the national team in the United States.

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Among those who excelled were Nitz Sanchez in the women’s side and the pair of Manolito Divina and BJ Miranda in the men’s side.

Participants took part in three events, the 100-meter run with 10 obstacles, the five-kilometer run with 20 obstacles, and the 400-meter team event.

It was in the 5-kilometer run where participants mostly joined and the results will determine the composition of Philippine team that will compete in the inaugural OCR event of the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

Philippine Obstacle Course Federation president Alberto Agra said the event will also serve as a test event for the SEA Games.

For one, Malaysia is one of the three other countries that will join host country Philippines, along with Myanmar and Laos.

Agra talked about the races after signing a memorandum of agreement with Allianz Philippines as the official life insurance partner of the Philippine para-athletes, regular national pool members, the national men’s, women’s and para-OCR team for 2020.

“There will be three major events in this race. First, this will be a test event for the SEA Games, the second is the Asian OCR championships, and the third and ASEAN Para-OCR involving two countries, the Philippines and Singapore,” said Agra.

Allianz Philippines president and CEO Alexander Grentz said their support will be for the next five years.

“Financial insurance of the most significant part of this,” said Grentz.

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