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| Team Karate Pilipinas | Photo credit to Coach Chino Veguillas Facebook account |
In the midst of the numerous criticisms the Sea Games 2019 is getting these past few days, Filipino athletes, coaches and event organizers are asking the public to just join together and support “Team Philippines".
One of which is former athlete himself and current Karate SEA Games coach, Chino Veguillas who posted a very inspiring message to urge all the athletes not to let the negative media intercept or stop what they have been striving to accomplish.
One of which is former athlete himself and current Karate SEA Games coach, Chino Veguillas who posted a very inspiring message to urge all the athletes not to let the negative media intercept or stop what they have been striving to accomplish.
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| Coach Chino Veguillas | Photo credit to his Facebook account |
"Let’s not let the negative press take away from what we have been working hard to achieve. We need your good vibes and positive energy as athletes, nararamdaman din namin yung mga bagay na yan. Importante din po yan sa amin. Let’s try to keep things positive.", he wrote.
Likewise, he made clear that he is not defending the event's mishaps if there is, rather, wants to expressed his dismay to the media reports that according to him are very disappointing and is now starting to affect the morale of the Filipino athletes.
Likewise, he made clear that he is not defending the event's mishaps if there is, rather, wants to expressed his dismay to the media reports that according to him are very disappointing and is now starting to affect the morale of the Filipino athletes.
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| Photo credit to the owner |
Read his full post below:
"As a former SEA Games athlete and a current SEA Games coach, I’d just like to put this out there.
There are many things in the media being reported about the games. I don’t need to enumerate. Could things have been handled better? Yes. Definitely. Is the Philippines the first ever host nation to make such mistakes? I assure you that is not the case. As an athlete myself, I’ve experienced organizer mishaps in the past.
I am in no way defending or justifying what has happened, but we can not let all these issues take away from the fact that we have thousands of participants- who have trained hard for months on end to come to these games and represent our country. Included in their training is getting in the right frame of mind. While I know the things in the media are frustrating, spreading the negative energy will affect or is beginning to affect our athletes.
Let’s not let the negative press take away from what we have been working hard to achieve. We need your good vibes and positive energy as athletes, nararamdaman din namin yung mga bagay na yan. Importente din po yan sa amin. Let’s try to keep things positive
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Mabuhay ang mga Atletang Pilipino. #wewinasone #staypositive #onephilippines #parasabayan #karatepilipinas."
Source: Facebook / Chino Veguillas
