The Philippines medal chances continue to diminish as Tokyo boxing bronze winner Eumir Marcial loses his men’s 80-kilogram opening bout, but Tokyo silver medalist Carlo Paalam rolls to the 57kg quarterfinals.
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00:00The Philippines' medal chances continue to diminish as Tokyo Boxing bronze winner
00:05Yumir Marshall loses his men's 80kg opening bout due to a strong opponent and an untimely
00:11injury.
00:12Fellow boxer and Olympic debutant Hergy Bakyadan, meanwhile, is outclassed by China's top-seeded
00:17Li Qian at the women's 75kg ranks.
00:22Swimmer Kaila Sanchez, although eliminated from the women's 100m freestyle semifinal,
00:27sets a new Philippine record of 53.67 seconds in the qualifying phase.
00:33Reigning silver medalist Nesty Pateso and fellow boxer Ira Villegas also hope to build
00:38momentum on their strong starts alongside star gymnast Carlos Yulo, who has three strong
00:43medal chances left to pursue.
00:46Medal dreams are also far from over for men's boxing 52kg silver medalist Carlo Paalam,
00:52who rose to the 57kg quarterfinals after trouncing his Irish foe Jude Gallagher.