The performance of Team Philippines in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea echoes again the sorry state of the country’s sports system.

Ending up with only one gold medal from an unlikely sport, BMX, shows that this basketball-crazy nation should start putting its resources in other sports that can assure victories.

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