THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will rechristen selected facilities to honor Filipino sports heroes for their unparalleled achievements that have brought honor to the country.

Most of the sports heroes to be honored with this development are enshrined Philippine Sports Hall of Famers, except for Hidilyn Diaz, who won the country's first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last month.

The weightlifting gym at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila, will be renamed as the Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Gym.

The PSC Board also renamed the Rizal Memorial Tennis Court as the Felicisimo Ampon Tennis Court, the swimming pool as Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool and the Rizal Memorial Athletics and Football Stadium as Simeon Toribio Stadium.

"These athletes have given the honor to the country with their achievements in sports and we want to keep their legacies alive for this and the next generations," PSC Chairman William Ramirez said. "We want to pique the interest of the people who will read about or visit the facility.  Who is Teofilo Yldefonso?  What did Felicisimo Ampon do that this venue is named to him?"

Ramirez said the sports agency intends to build a two-story Philippine Sports Museum also at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The building, he said, is part of the Duterte Administration's Build, Build, Build Program.

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