Siklab fuels bid for 1st Olympic gold

Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation, Inc. is betting on 29 topflight Filipino athletes to bring home the country’s first Olympic gold medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Through a pool of funds gathered from the largest private companies in the country, Siklab Atleta has pledged to provide the country’s best-of-the-best with training equipment and facilities, coaching, exposure to international competitions, education, housing, and livelihood programs.

Screened and handpicked by the Philippine Sports Commission, the elite roster of Filipino players includes champions and medalists from various international competitions such as 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz and Kristel Macrohon for weightlifting, Nicole Tagle for archery, Shawn Cray, Trenten Beram, and Ernest Obiena for athletics, James Dieparine and Nicole Olivia for aquatics, Eumir Marcial and John Tupas for boxing, Marella Salamat, Ariana Dormitrio, and Sienna Fines for cycling, Hermie Macaranas and Ojay Fuentes for canoe-kayaking, Carlos Yulo and Kaitlin de Guzman for gymnastics, Kiyomi Watanabe, Mariya Takahashi, Shugen Nakano, and Kesei Nakano for judo, James Delos Santos for karatedo, Kirstie Alora and Pauline Lopez for taekwondo, Edito Alcala and Philmar Alipayo for surfing, Kim Mangrobang for triathlon, and Geylord Coveta and Yancy Kaibigan for windsurfing.

“Our mission is to give the Philippines our first Olympic gold. We are now only two years away from potentially celebrating a historical event for Philippine sports, that’s why we established Siklab Atleta to actively pursue this advocacy and encourage every Filipino to join our cause,” Siklab Atleta chairman and Phoenix Petroleum president Dennis Uy said.