President Duterte performs ceremonial toss to start Gilas vs France

philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines – Prior to Gilas Pilipinas’ game against France on the first day of the FIBA Manila Olympic Qualifying tournament on Tuesday, July 5, new Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte took center court and provided the ceremonial toss.

Duterte, who was inaugurated just last week, walked to the loud chants of “Duterte!” from fans at the Mall of Asia Arena. After greeting players from both teams, the 16th president of the Philippines tossed the ball up and received even more applause. Duterte, 71, even joked by attempting to jump for the ball after tossing it up between naturalized Filipino Andray Blatche and France's Joffrey Lauvergne. -Rappler.com

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