Effect of Pandemic in Sports

Francis Edward M. Gamboa

Throughout the years the sports in the Philippines has been flourished, especially after the successful hosting of the country in the South East Asian Games 2019 in which we showcase our talent, determination and pride of our athletes to compete wholeheartedly in front of our fellow Filipino and because of that we were able to top the competition as the over-all champion.

New breed of athletes has starting to make their names in their respective events through local competition going to the National and even in international competition. But came 2020 with a deadly virus that made the world stop from turning one of this is the sp or t s.

Our country had taken precaution late compared to the other countries causing the activities such as sports be disabled to prevent the spread of virus.

People were quarantined to their homes causing the population to miss the world we normally lived.

Despite of that, Filipino’s are very adventurous and always want to explore, they took advantage the situation by using bicycle as a means of transportation, this made a boom to the cycling community. Beside from being an outdoor sport that is open space which is not probe to covid, it is the breath of fresh air and the socialization in which it is safe for anyone part of the activity.

Being locked away for the entire year that made the sports forbidden at some point, but it gave birth to the next future of sports with the peak of enthusiasm, we just have to wait for it to bloom.

THE AUTHOR IS TEACHER

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III AT MAPEH DEPARTMENT PAMPANGA HIGH SCHOOL