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Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation, Inc. is a first-of-its-kind initiative in the private sector to help the country in its quest to win the first Olympic gold. It was launched on March 3, 2018, with the sole goal of supporting athletes who have the best chance to win in the world’s most prestigious sporting event.
“Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation will fuel the Philippine’s best athletes to make the country’s dream of bagging an Olympic gold a reality,” said Siklab Atleta head Dennis Uy, who is also Phoenix Petroleum’s Chairman and Presidential Adviser for Sports. “We need to provide our athletes the support befitting their stature as our country’s representative to the world.”
Today, as Hidilyn Diaz brings home the very first gold medal the foundation commits to giving her P5 million and lifetime free fuel from Phoenix Petroleum as an incentive. Uy says, “It was our vision when we organized the foundation to rally the private sector to help our athletes in their quest for the Olympic Gold, and now we have our first Gold. Medal. I wish Hidilyn the best and we shall continue to support our Filipino athletes so we can have more golds in the future.”
Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation executive director Raymond Zorrilla said the resources would be pooled through the foundation to provide athletes with training equipment and facilities, coaches services, exposure to international competitions, education, housing, and livelihood programs.
In 2019, as the Philippine Sports Commission and our Olympians rallied support from the private sector for the Tokyo Olympics, Phoenix Petroleum and the Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Foundation Inc. that serves as the supporting ground of Filipino athletes training for international tournaments answered this call for the Olympic bid of Hidilyn Diaz by way of a financial sponsorship grant given through the Philippine Sports Commission.
“Let Hidilyn be an inspiration to other athletes, we laud her for her sacrifice and her efforts. The entire Filipino nation celebrates her triumph. Hopefully, we can have more Olympic Golds in the future as we all continue to support the athletes in their training.” said Zorrilla.