PH appeals Thailand's decision to drop weightlifting, 3 other gold-rich sports from 2025 SEA Games

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Unless the Thailand organizing committee accepts the appeal of the Philippine Olympic Committee , the country will be set to lose a number of potential gold medals in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games after the hosts scrapped four sports that have been gold-rich for the Philippines.

“We already appealed to the Thai hosts the inclusion of weightlifting, wushu, jiu-jitsu and karate,” Tolentino said.“And it’s not only the Philippines which appealed, but a majority of the games members,” he added.According to the chief official, Thailand is tipped to feature only 40 sports in the biennial meet.The four sports mentioned saw eight gold medals for the Philippines in the previous edition of the SEA Games in Cambodia in 2023.

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