Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
Athletes are admired, respected and imitated by millions of fans and followers around the world and they have influence because of their willpower to succeed, to overcome hardship and achieve near impossible goals. That is the way it is for many great Philippine athletes since almost all of them come from very poor families and have unique sporting ability. They, however, have few sponsors and backers to enable them to train and develop their skills and prowess to reach their maximum ability in their chosen sport.
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is the government body that is supposed to provide the best state-of-the art athletic training facilities, opportunities and financing for Filipino athletes to train and develop their abilities to compete worldwide and bring home the trophies. But a research done by Institute of Nationalist Studies (INS) shows that the PSC is seriously failing the Filipino athletes. Despite the problems and lack of funding and support for the athletes, many Filipinos have succeeded. Hidilyn Diaz became the first Filipino ever to win a gold medal for the Philippines in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.
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