Ramos's daughter chairs sports body

Ramos's daughter chairs sports body

MANILA (AFP): The daughter of Philippine President Fidel Ramos has been elected head of the Philippine Olympic Committee, the country's highest sports body, local dailies reported here yesterday.

Cristy Ramos-Jalasco, who heads the national karate association, won by just one vote over her main rival, Celso Dayrit of the fencing association in a closely-fought race.

Ramos-Jalasco, who will serve as president of the sports body for four years, benefited from her ties to the leaders of other sports associations, particularly her mother, Amelita Ramos, who heads the badminton association and who actively campaigned for her daughter.

The Ramos family are known to be active in sports with the president occasionally taking breaks from his official duties to go golfing and scuba-diving.