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POC President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 at the Mall of Asia Arena, August 30, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173287272488920230830-fiba-jordan-usa-MD-4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="POC President Abraham &quot;Bambol&quot; Tolentino at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 at the Mall of Asia Arena, August 30, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/>POC President Abraham &quot;Bambol&quot; Tolentino at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 at the Mall of Asia Arena, August 30, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/FileMANILA -- Abraham &quot;Bambol&quot; Tolentino on Friday won a fresh four-year term as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).</div>Tolentino won 45 votes at the POC elections at the East Ocean Garden Restaurant in Parañaque City, against 15 for his opponent, baseball chief Chito Loyzaga.&quot;The General Assembly has spoken,&quot; said Tolentino after garnering 75% of the votes. &quot;I think performance was the basis [of our victory].&quot;Ahead of the elections, Tolentino had touted the achievements of Filipino athletes during his term, including weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz&#x27;s breakthrough gold in the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and gymnast Carlos Yulo&#x27;s two gold medals in the Paris Olympics earlier this year.Tolentino&#x27;s slate -- his &quot;Working Team&quot; -- also emerged victorious.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/29/tolentino-eyes-another-term-as-poc-chief-unveils-slate-1729">READ: Tolentino eyes another term as POC chief, unveils slate</a></div>Basketball&#x27;s Al Panlilio ran unopposed and got 53 votes and his fellow &quot;Working Team&quot; bet Rep. Richard Gomez topped the race for second vice president against skateboarding&#x27;s Carl Sambrano, 37-22.Dr. Jose Raul Canlas (surfing) was also unopposed as treasurer with 54 votes and Donaldo Caringal (volleyball) clinched 47 points, beating Rodrigo Roque (12) for the &quot;Working Team.&quot;Completing the Tolentino team&#x27;s victory were new Executive Board members Leonora Escollante (canoe-kayak, 45 votes), Alvin Aguilar (wrestling, 44 votes, Ferdinand Agustin (jiu-jitsu, 41 votes), Alexander Sulit (judo, 41 votes) and Leah Gonzales (fencing, 40 votes).&quot;It&#x27;s not for me, but for the country, for the POC, and for our athletes,&quot; said Tolentino, also the head of PhilCycling.Of the 61 voters, 58 were national sports associations and two were from the Athletes Commission and one from International Olympic Committee representative Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski.Rugby was a no show in the elections.The elections were supervised by Atty. Teodoro Kalaw IV with Philippine Sports Commission commissioner Olivia &quot;Bong&quot; Coo and Letran-Calamba Rector and President Fr. Napoleon Encarnacion, OP, as members.

Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino on Friday won a fresh four-year term as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino on Friday won a fresh four-year term as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

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Bambol Tolentino re-elected as POC president

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Published November 29, 2024 05:32 PM PHT

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