The Philippines is hoping to send six athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in July, according to chief of mission Manny Lopez.
“The way it looks, our assessment is that five to six athletes will go to London,” said Lopez, also the vice-president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).
So far, only boxer Mark Anthony Barriga and long jumper Marestella Torres have secured slots to the quadrennial event.
Lopez said they are still hopeful that the number would increase, although conceding that the delegation would be the smallest since the country sent 12 athletes in Atlanta in 1996.
In addition to Barriga and Torres, the Philippines is allowed to send three more athletes because it has two slots each in athletics and swimming.
The country sent 15 athletes to Beijing in 2008 and 16 in Athens four years earlier.
“The way it looks, our assessment is that five to six athletes will go to London,” said Lopez, also the vice-president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).
So far, only boxer Mark Anthony Barriga and long jumper Marestella Torres have secured slots to the quadrennial event.
In addition to Barriga and Torres, the Philippines is allowed to send three more athletes because it has two slots each in athletics and swimming.
The country sent 15 athletes to Beijing in 2008 and 16 in Athens four years earlier.
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