"We’re always opti-mistic that we have that chance to complete a sweep of all the 16 gold medals at stake," ani RP taekwondo team coach Stephen Fernandez na sumegunda sa malaking tiwala ni Philippine Taek-wondo Association (PTA) president Robert Aventa-jado na makukuha ng mga Filipino jins ang lahat ng 16-golds sa Nov. 27-Dec. 5 biennial meet.
Ang record-to-beat sa taekwondo ay walong medalya na nagawa ng mga Pinoy jins noong 1991 Manila SEA Games sa pangunguna ni Rober-to Cruz para makuha ang overall title sa naturang event.
Naniniwala si Fernan-dez na mapapantayan ito dahil sa dami ng medal-yang nakataya ngayon.
Nagbalik naman ang 26-gulang na si Veronica Domingo, back-to-back SEA Games gold me-dalist noong 2001 (Kuala Lumpur) at 2003 (Viet-nam) mula sa injury at aakyat na ito sa welter-weight class mula sa lightweight category.
Bukod kay Domingo, ang iba pang kasama sa women’s team ay sina Sally Solis (heavy-weight), Criselda Roxas (middleweight), Olympian Toni Rivero (lightweight), Elaine Alora (feather-weight), Ester Marie Sing-son (bantamweight), Lorraine Catalan (fly-weight) at Eunice Alora (finweight).
Ang men’s team ay binubuo nina Athens Olympics veteran Tshom-lee Go (bantamweight), Donald Geisler (light-weight), Michael Alejan-drino (heavyweight), Dax Morfe (middleweight), Alex Briones (welter-weight), JR Rivero/Brix Ramos (featherweight), Jeffrey Figueroa (fly-weight) at John Paul Lizardo/Carlos Padilla (finweight).