The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) has softened its stance on marathoner Mary Joy Tabal and stated the conditions that the Olympian must comply with to be reinstated as a member of the national team.

In a news conference last Monday, Patafa president Philip Ella Juico, citing neglect of rules, has announced that Tabal was denied slot in the Philippine team competing in the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games slated on August 19 to 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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