{"id":111288,"date":"2017-08-10T22:22:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T02:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111288"},"modified":"2017-08-10T22:22:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T02:22:37","slug":"sea-games-bound-athletes-told-keep-the-filipino-fighting-spirit-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/10\/sea-games-bound-athletes-told-keep-the-filipino-fighting-spirit-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"SEA Games-bound athletes told: Keep the Filipino fighting spirit alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111291\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Send-off-TEAM-Pilipinas-by-Jess-Escaros.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111291\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Send-off-TEAM-Pilipinas-by-Jess-Escaros.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo: The Philippine team bound for the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | PNA photo by Jess Escaros, Jr.)  \" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Send-off-TEAM-Pilipinas-by-Jess-Escaros.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Send-off-TEAM-Pilipinas-by-Jess-Escaros-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: The Philippine team bound for the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | PNA photo by Jess Escaros, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA, Aug. 10<\/strong>\u2014 Top Philippine sports officials on Thursday rallied the 495-strong athletes pool bound for the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to keep their fighting spirit alive for the million Filipinos supporting them.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chair William \u201cButch\u201d Ramirez, who represented the President, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president, Jose \u201cPeping\u201d Cojuangco and Philippine delegation chef-de-mission Cynthia Carreon led the\u00a0sending off ceremonies of the SEA Games-bound athletes in Pasay City.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-hour activity\u00a0aimed at boosting the morale and confidence of athletes to fight for top honors in the biennial regional sports event.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Ramirez called on athletes to give their best and draw inspiration from the greatness of Filipino Olympians and other national sports heroes.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Cojuangco challenged each athlete to follow the ideals of Olympism &#8212; putting premium on fairness and sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Carreon, head of the Philippine delegation and president of the local gymnastic federation, likened the athlete to a \u201cpencil\u201d and urged them to do well in their respective sports disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are like pencils, the best part in us is inside. We make marks as we produce the medals (as athletes) or touch other lives,\u201d Carreon said.\u00a0\u201cWe can erase our mistakes to become better athletes and sharpen our skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 29th SEA Games opening ceremonies will be held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium on August 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 10\u2014 Top Philippine sports officials on Thursday rallied the 495-strong athletes pool bound for the 29th Southeast Asian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,44],"tags":[20985,20298,20986],"class_list":["post-111288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","category-sports","tag-29th-southeast-asian-games","tag-philippine-sports-commission-psc","tag-william-butch-ramirez","mauthors-primo-agatep","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}