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Carlos Yulo, nakatanggap ng P20-M cash incentives at Presidential Medal of Merit mula sa Pangulo
Carlos Yulo, nakatanggap ng P20-M cash incentives at Presidential Medal of Merit mula sa Pangulo
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00:00Everyone is eagerly awaiting the Heroes Grand Homecoming Parade that will be held this afternoon.
00:07But before that, let's go back to the events of the return of our athletes last night
00:14and the good news that they received from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:21We will bring that to the news center of Alan Francisco.
00:26The athletes who returned home last night from the successful Paris 2024 Olympics
00:32were greeted with loud applause, cheers, and applause from the Philippine flags.
00:40The athletes and the Filipinos who greeted them saw the pride of the Philippines.
00:47But there is no one more proud than the family of the Filipino athletes
00:52who welcomed them warmly.
00:55The athletes were happy to return home,
00:57just like the double gold medalist Carlos Yulo,
01:00who thanked the support and prayers of the Filipinos for the Olympics in their respective sports.
01:06Our Golden Boy is proud that not only for them, but also for us, we were able to win the Olympics.
01:12May God bless us all.
01:14We won this medal.
01:16We won. We won.
01:18Kaloy said that he will enjoy the victory he won.
01:23I will take care of myself.
01:24Of course, I need to make plans for the next cycle of the Olympics.
01:31The coach of Carlos, Alan Castaneda, is very thankful
01:35because of the cash incentive that he will receive.
01:37He is also giving this to all the supporters of them since the beginning.
01:42But more than that, he is thankful because artistic gymnastics will be given more attention now,
01:49following Yulo's victory.
01:51Maybe they will prioritize gymnastics.
01:54There are a lot of people who want to support us now.
01:57We hope that a lot of people will support us.
02:00The athletes went straight to Malacanang,
02:02where they were warmly welcomed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,
02:07First Lady Lisa Marcos,
02:08the children of Sinavini and Simon.
02:11A ceremony was held in Malacanang as a recognition of the bravery of the athletes.
02:16The President gave cash incentives, medals of merit, and presidential citations.
02:21The President gave 20 million pesos in cash and presidential medal of merit
02:26to the double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo,
02:29while 2 million pesos to the bronze medalists,
02:32Aira Cordero Villegas and Nesty Alcaide-Petesho.
02:36The President also gave 1 million pesos to the double Olympic gold medalists
02:40and half a million pesos to their coaching teams.
02:43There is no winning athlete who is not supported by the fear of many people
02:49who do not think about how to help you to be successful.
02:53And this is what we are recognizing now and it is very important.
02:58President Marcos thanked the athletes because they made the name of the Filipinos and the Philippines beautiful.
03:05And it is now in the international stage.
03:08And so we can see that again, the Philippines is famous again.
03:15You are making the Philippines famous all over the world.
03:18I know that you are thinking about gymnastics, boxing, pole vault.
03:28You are just thinking about your event.
03:31Your performance means a lot.
03:35It means a lot.
03:36It means a lot for us here who are watching you, who are shouting and supporting you.
03:44More than the material things, President Marcos asked the athletes
03:49what else the government can do to help the sports industry.
03:54So I ask all of you to tell us, what is it that you need?
04:00Where did you have a hard time during the training of our athletes?
04:05What can you not do to help us?
04:08You tell us.
04:09And hopefully, if we really work together and start to prepare for not only the Olympics,
04:17of course that's a very important one, but not only the Olympics.
04:21There was a photo opportunity for the athletes at Newport World Resorts.
04:26Filipino boxer Nesty Pitesio was also excited because the Olympic medal didn't go home in a month
04:33for the second time in a row.
04:35The Philippine Olympic Committee President, Abraham Tolentino,
04:38thanked the athletes, coaching staff, and other supporters
04:42and prayed for the Filipino athletes.
04:45I am very happy because I know that the women are doing well.
04:50I hope you can support us.
04:53I am very blessed that I was able to get my medal back.
04:59Without these great athletes, we will not surpass the Tokyo medal home.
05:09We will not be the top consecutive number one in Southeast Asia.
05:15Long live the Philippines.
05:17Alan Francisco for Pabansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.