The two particular events that gave us our only medals, silver/bronze for boxing and the elusive gold In weightlifting through our hero Hidilyn Diaz. And just when everyone thought of a new dawn, it became worse, in Rio and some still prevailed in Tokyo. Which finally prompted the IOC to abolish Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) last year. Russia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Romania have tarnished our Federation and the IOC feels we have not learned our lesson up to now. Despite the fact that not a single doping violation happened in the recent Tokyo Olympics.

Source: Manila Times December 13, 2021 16:17 UTC