Manila, Nov. 4 -- With less than a month to go before the 30th Southeast Asian Games unfolds, all eyes are on the newly-built New Clark City (NCC) Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac.
The 20,000-seater Athletics Stadium, which was certified as a Class 1 facility by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has a nine-lane main track plus indoor and outdoor warm-up tracks equipped with the IAAF-approved Rekortan M sandwich synthetic surface system.
Looking at the world-class stadium made national athletics team head coach Sean Guevarra want to be an athlete again.
"When I first saw the new facility, I wanted to be an athlete again," said Guevarra, a national record-holder in high jump.
"During our time, we didn't have...