John Albert Mantua, one of many 34 athletes and eight coaches who will descend from their two-month bubble coaching camp in Baguio Metropolis this weekend, has a lot ready for him.
For one, there’s his pregnant fiancé Pretty Labay, who’s anticipating his arrival in Mindoro.
Given the prospect, nevertheless, the 29-year-old thrower would love extra coaching hours within the chilly, austere and high-altitude setting within the nation’s summer season capital.
“Right here, we will focus and push onerous on coaching,” mentioned Mantua in Filipino, after bagging two gold medals within the Philippine Athletics Monitor and Subject Affiliation Nationwide Trials held in Baguio not too long ago.
Mantua, a significant cog in Jose Rizal College’s five-feat squad underneath prime mentor Jojo Posadas, mentioned the coaching bubble allowed him to get again in aggressive form—he weighed 125 kilograms, virtually 20kg over his competing weight, when he first entered the Baguio bubble.
“However regardless of the resolution of our bosses, it’s for one of the best. I simply occur to like the climate right here,” added Mantua, who improved his private bests in profitable the shot put and discus throw gold medals.
With barely two months coaching, Mantua hurled 16.26 meters in shot put from his earlier better of 16.06. He additionally managed a throw of 17.45m, which is nicely throughout the Southeast Asian (SEA) Video games medal degree, however the try was discarded as a result of he was referred to as for an infraction.
Like many of the winners, the Normal Santos Metropolis native thrived within the Nationwide Trials within the absence of United States-based athletes like SEA Video games document holder in shot put William Morrison III (18.38m).
“It’s actually factor we have been in a position to break in these athletes after 18 months of inactivity; at the very least now we’ve got one thing to begin with for the SEA Video games,” mentioned Posadas, a nationwide coach.
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