(China's People's Daily Online) - The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) vowed to win the country's first Olympic gold medal during the Beijing Olympics next year, local media reported on Wednesday.
"We will get the first elusive gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics," ABAP President Manny Lopez was quoted by The Manila Bulletin daily.
"It is an ambitious goal. We will work doubly hard despite the disadvantages and handicaps that we are facing," Lopez said.
"I'm predicting this because our gauge for getting the Olympic gold is our achievement in the Asian Games," Lopez said.
The Philippine boxing team brought home two gold medals from the Doha Asian Games last year, as well as two bronzes.
While not naming any probable qualifier, the ABAP head said that he is eyeing a minimum of six and maximum of eight qualifiers to the Beijing Games.
He said that the boxers going to the qualifiers will be known only after the coaches have determined who among them have the best chances of winning.
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