Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino gets a fresh term, which will see him lead the country in two Olympic bids.

Tolentino won the majority of votes over contender Clint Aranas, 30-22, in the POC elections on Friday, November 27 at East Ocean in Pasay City.

Steve Hontiveros was also reelected as POC chairman, while Al Panlilio and Richard Gomez were proclaimed 1st and 2nd vice president, respectively.

Cynthia Carrion emerged as the POC treasurer, while having Chito Loyzaga as auditor. Raul Canlas, Pearl Managuelod, Charlie Ho and Dave Carter earned their seats in the POC executive board.

Hontiveros and Ho are the lone representatives from Aranas’ ticket in the POC executive board.

After he took over the remaining term left by former POC president Ricky Vargas last year, the Tagaytay representative will continue to serve as the national Olympic committee president, who will focus on the country’s major sports campaigns in 2021.

Tolentino plans on lobbying for the resumption of training of all national athletes and not just the country’s Olympic hopefuls for Tokyo 2020.

Aside from the delayed quadrennial meet, the Philippines will be participating in the Asian Indoor Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in May, and will be defending its overall champion title in the 2021 Vietnam Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in November.

Prior to the regional biennial meet, the junior national athletes will also participate in the 2021 Asian Youth Games in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Other POC matters that he will have to focus on include the constitutional amendments and the acquisition of the audited financial statements from the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc). – Rappler.com