The opening ceremony Saturday evening went according to plan except for a notable absence in the Philippine delegation.
The chef-de-mission, fencing and modern pentathlon president Richard Gomez, was nowhere in sight. The STAR asked around regarding the whereabouts of the famous actor, multi-sport athlete and now congressman for Leyte’s Fourth District. “May budget hearing,” said POC chief Abraham Tolentino. “Hindi ko alam,” said one NSA president, who joined the parade. “Busy daw. And when he tried to book his plane ticket from Manila, wala na makuha,” said another sports official.
The electric bus that would take them to the venue wouldn’t start due to battery problems, and when they got there, some members and supporters of the team had no tickets to enter the stadium. They had to buy a dozen tickets priced five times more than the face value. “Mapapaaway kami dito,” was basketball chief Manny V. Pangilinan’s tweet that went viral then. “Kukuha na din kami ng sariling bus ‘dyan.
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