Nesthy Petecio, umabante na sa Round-of-16 sa Paris Olympics; Eumir Marcial, bigo sa unang laban sa Paris Olympics
Nesthy Petecio, umabante na sa Round-of-16 sa Paris Olympics; Eumir Marcial, bigo sa unang laban sa Paris Olympics
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00:00Five Filipino athletes participated in the action yesterday in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:08Let's see the results from the newsroom of Rafael Bandayrel.
00:18The Filipino boxer, Neste Petesho, still has hope to win a medal in the Philippines.
00:25He was able to beat the unbeatable Jasmine Lamboria of India in the round of 32 of the women's 57kg division.
00:35She didn't let her opponent get in the way.
00:38Petesho's skills and experience was very clear.
00:42That's why in the end, the judges chose her via unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28.
00:54Unfortunately, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist, Yumer Marshal, was defeated in his first match.
01:01Marshal won the match via unanimous decision against Turabek Kabibulyaev of Uzbekistan in the round of 16 of the men's 80kg division.
01:11According to Marshal's wife, Princess, Zambuangueño-Southpaw suffered a rib injury in the training camp two weeks ago.
01:21Despite this, Marshal had no regrets according to his message on social media.
01:26The Filipino judoka, Kiyomi Watanabe, also had an early Olympics exit after being defeated via unanimous decision against the world number 22, Tanjing of China.
01:38In swimming, Kayla Sanchez finished in 15th overall place in the women's 100m freestyle after winning in the semifinals.
01:49First, Sanchez set a new Philippine record of 53.67 seconds in the quarterfinals of the event.
01:59Meanwhile, the rower, Giovanni Delgaco, finished in 6th place in the quarterfinals of the women's single skulls.
02:10Sir, I'm so thankful and blessed because I've been through a lot, sir.
02:16Because this is my third attempt already. I really attempted in the Olympics.
02:21Now, I was defeated.
02:23My mindset now is to improve my rankings.
02:28I still want to surpass the 2020 Tokyo rankings.
02:35Rafael Bandayrel for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.