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MANILA - The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has so far summed 656 athletes who will do battle in the 31st Southeast Asian Games that are due in under two and a half months in Hanoi, Vietnam. POC President Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino said majority of the 39 national sports associations which are fielding athletes to Vietnam have submitted tentative rosters for the May 12 to 25 Games. The Philippines is competing in 39 of the 40 sports programmed by Vietnam for its only second hosting of the Games since 2003. In these 39 sports, the country is participating in 44 disciplines, according to Tolentino. "Comparing the numbers when we hosted the Games in 2019, we'll have a delegation that's slashed almost in half from three years ago," Tolentino said in a news release on Monday. "And a quick look at the numbers show we'll be hard-pressed to repeat as overall champions." There were 1,115 Filipino athletes in 2019-an automatic privilege that hos

Han iRepublic ofAbraham bambol tolentinoPhilippine olympic committeeSoutheast asian gamesManila the philippine olympic committee poc has so far summed 656 athletes who will do battle in 31st southeast asian games that are due under two anda half months hanoiIetnam poc president rep abraham quot bambol tolentino said majority of the 39 national sports associations which are fielding athletes to vietnam have submitted tentative rosters for may 12 25 games philippines is competing in 40 programmed by its only second hosting since 2003 theseHe country is participating in 44 disciplinesCcording to tolentino quot comparing the numbers when we hosted games in 2019E 39 ll havea delegation that 39s slashed almost in half from three years agoUot tolentino said ina news release on monday quot anda quick look at the numbers show we 39 ll be hard pressed to repeat as overall champions there were 1115 filipino athletes in 2019 an automatic privilege that host countries have and they won 149 gold17 silver and 121 bronze medals fora guaranteed overall title quot but we 39 ll havea fighting team in vietnamEtting aside the difficulties of training and competing or overseas because covid 19 pandemicUot tolentino said of the 44 disciplinesHe poc has yet to receivea tentative list for athletics