Ramirez has been excited and even stated his belief that there could be a chance at a gold medal coming in this edition of the quadrennial games.

“I’m so excited for the result of the hard work of the athletes, coaches, and NSAs on this journey to Tokyo Olympics in this pandemic,” Ramirez said.

“Ang ating expectation maka-medalya talaga tayo. Ang aking pananaw, since we have 19 athletes, malamang meron tayong isa, dalawa, tatlo na pwede siyang mag-gold, pwede siya mag-silver, pwedeng mag-medals. But there are other upcoming athletes na baguhan na baka makagawa ng surprises,” he added.

The Olympics is set to begin later this month.

There are currently 19 Filipino athletes set to compete in the Tokyo edition.

The delegation is currently composed of EJ Obiena (pole vault), Carlos Yulo (gymnastics), Hidilyn Diaz and Elreen Ando (weightlifting), Eumir Marcial, Irish Magno, Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio (boxing), Cris Nievarez (rowing), Kurt Barbosa (taekwondo), Margielyn Didal (skateboarding), Jayson Valdez (shooting), Kiyomi Watanabe (judo), Kristina Knott (track and field), Juvic Pagunsan, Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan (golf) and Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule (swimming).