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MANILA – Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino announced on Sunday that additional cash benefits will be given to the four athletes who won medals for the Philippines during the Tokyo Olympics.

 

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Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Carlo Paalam

 

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The two boxers thanked Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham Tolentino for announcing additional cash incentives and house and lot for medalists of Tokyo Olympics during an online press conference on Sunday (Aug. 28, 2021). Tolentino said the POC will give additional P3 million for gold, P2 million for silver and P1 million for bronze winners. (Screengrab from Zoom press conference)

 

"With some of the savings of the POC, I'm now announcing that the bronze [medalist] will receive from the POC an additional PHP1 million, for the silver medalist, PHP2 million, for the gold [medalist], PHP3 million," Tolentino said in an online press conference from Tokyo.

 

This means weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medalist, will get PHP3 million more, silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio of boxing will bag PHP2 million each, and fellow pug Eumir Marcial will collect PHP1 million more for winning the bronze.

 

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Bronze winner Eumir Marcial

 

Top SE Asian Country.

 

The four-medal haul is the most a Philippine team has ever had in a single Olympiad even as it ended up as the top performing country in Southeast Asia this Olympics.

 

Diaz’s win and the first Philippines golf medal was even mentioned by the BBC yesterday as won of the highlights of the 2020 games!

 

Tolentino also announced that he will also give Paalam, Petecio, and Marcial a house and lot each like how he promised Diaz.

 

"The two silvers and one bronze, I will also give them house and lot," Tolentino bared.

 

Upon hearing the news, Marcial said, " There are so many blessings and we are thankful to the Lord that He used someone to help us and give us inspiration. We are so happy."

 

Tolentino earlier said those who failed to win medals in Tokyo will receive PHP500,000 each from MVP Sports Foundation.

 

The Philippines was represented by 19 athletes in the 2020 games and will send five para-athletes to Tokyo shortly. (PNA)

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