It’s green and go for the 10th Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships starting Wednesday at the Tagaytay CT Velodrome in Tagaytay City

“We set the bar high in staging last year’s world championships so we won’t be satisfied with nothing more than matching if not surpassing that for this forthcoming competition,” stressed Gymnastics Association Philippines (GAP) president Cynthia Carrion.

“This is the first Asian gymnastics meet in the country in a long while so we want to put our best foot forward for all the participants who are coming over to Tagaytay for this tournament,” added Carrion, known as a stickler for detail and excellence.

The Philippine Sports Commission is the major presenter of the event.

Carrion likewise took pride that the GAP-organized competition sanctioned by the Asian Gymnastics Union will be held in a unique arena — the modified Tagaytay CT Velodrome — amid a cool and picturesque environment in the scenic city overlooking Taal Lake.

“Given the location of our championships, our athletes, coaches and officials are in for a pleasant surprise given how we transformed an indoor cycling oval into a cool-looking aerobic gymnastics arena,” Carrion noted

She thanked Philippine Olympic Committee president and former Tagaytay Mayor Bambol Tolentino, present Mayor Brent Tolentino and Vice Mayor Agnes Tolentino for lending a hand in staging the event.

The tournament has drawn the cream of junior and senior aerobic gymnasts from Cambodia, Chinese-Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and host Philippines.

There will be men’s and women’s divisions in the senior (18 year-old and above), junior (15 to 17 years old) and youth (12 to 14 years old) categories in the meet that is supported by Taal Vista Hotel and Summit Ridge Tagaytay as official hotel partners.

Up for grabs are medals in the men’s and women’s individual class, mixed pair, trio, group, aerobic dance and aerobic steps events.

The Philippine challenge will be led by the duo of Arcenio Cadios and Charmaine Dolar.