Might the subsequent gymnastics icon come from Quezon Metropolis? This new gymnasium hopes so.
Carlos Yulo’s double gold medal win on the Paris Olympics final yr impressed a new generation of Filipino children to consider the sport.
??Now, an upcoming gymnasium in Quezon Metropolis is hoping to coach the nation’s subsequent gymnastics star, and put town on the map as a gymnastics powerhouse.
Ron Suva, NCAA cheerleading commissioner, former Gymnastics Affiliation of the Philippines official, and the director of Tumble Icon Academy, shared this imaginative and prescient for the nation’s largest metropolis as they determined to construct a gymnastics facility situated on the Victoria Sports activities Heart close to MRT Kamuning.
However why in Quezon Metropolis?
For Suva, the restricted variety of medalists representing QC in current nationwide sporting occasions, comparable to Batang Pinoy present that there’s a hole between the vast expertise pool and the outcomes.
“Maraming expertise sa QC, pero walang services,” Suva advised GMA Information On-line.
Again in 2024, QC didn’t win any gold medal in the Batang Pinoy events for gymnastics, whereas in 2023, town had one gold and one bronze.
He famous that whereas there are some sturdy gymnastics applications, comparable to Saint Pedro Poveda School in a single a part of town, QC does not likely have the general public or easy-to-access coaching heart for aspiring athletes in different areas.
“Kumbaga, ‘yung widespread student-athlete, wala siyang entry,” Suva added.
Based on him, Quezon Metropolis has a gymnastics facility on the Belarmino Sports activities Complicated, nevertheless it has been outdated and never absolutely accessible to younger student-athletes. In the meantime, the Amoranto Sports activities Complicated used to have gymnastics services, however none have been made after the mentioned complicated underwent renovation.
Suva believes that constructing a world-class gymnastics facility that — whereas not public could be accessible — couldn’t solely present correct coaching grounds but in addition enhance QC’s probabilities of profitable medals within the sport.
“If there’s services, lumalakas ang athletes. [Tulad sa] Manila kasi nandiyan ‘yung sa GAP (Gymnastics Affiliation of the Philippines). However in QC there’s [not a lot], kaya ako goal talaga diyan and I made it within the coronary heart of QC. Very accessible to all commuters.”
Tumble Icon Academy and Victoria Sports activities officers. Picture courtesy of Tumble Icon Academy
He additionally emphasised that the brand new facility aligns with the native authorities’s push for larger inclusion of girls in sports activities.
“[This helps] the inclusion of girls in sports activities due to the advocacy of Mayor Pleasure Belmonte for the promotion of girls’s sports activities which incorporates gymnastics,” Suva mentioned, recalling a earlier dialog with the mayor throughout her time as vice mayor.
As NCAA cheerleading commissioner, Suva additionally hopes the gymnasium can finally function a venue for each coaching and competitors, particularly because the NCAA appears to broaden its sports activities lineup to incorporate gymnastics and weightlifting.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Built-in Information
