SEN. Christopher “Bong” Go congratulated Hidilyn Diaz for retaining her women’s 55 kgs weightlifting gold medal at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi.
“Your success is the success of the entire country. Mabuhay!” Go said over the weekend.
Hidilyn sent a video message to the senator, saying, “Thank you so much for your support to Philippine sports. See you soon!”
Go also wished Olympic bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial good luck as the latter is set to battle for the gold medal in the Middleweight Boxing event this coming Sunday.
In an ambush interview after he attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the four-storey hospital building and monitoring visit of the Malasakit Center at the Valenzuela Medical Center, Go expressed his full support to the Filipino athletes competing in Hanoi.
“As chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, I always fully support all our athletes’ needs, especially on their budget requirements,” Go said. “I won’t stop in making sure our athletes are well attended to.”
Go said that he will try to seek for more incentives for Filipino athletes who bring honors to the country.
“I cannot speak on behalf of the President [Rodrigo Duterte] especially now that his term is almost over,” he said. “But I will push for more incentives for our athletes.”