Pinay boxers Aira Villegas at Nesthy Petecio, pasok na sa semifinals ng 2024 Paris Olympics
Pinay boxers Aira Villegas at Nesthy Petecio, pasok na sa semifinals ng 2024 Paris Olympics
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00:00Our Pinay Boxers will not be left behind in the Paris Olympics
00:04because Nesty Petesio and Ira Villegas advanced to the semifinals
00:09where the bronze medal is secured for the country.
00:13That's all for now. Thank you!
00:21The pinay boxers, Ira Villegas and Nesty Petesio,
00:26advanced to the 2024 Paris Olympics
00:29after beating their women's 50kg and women's 57kg quarterfinals match
00:35this weekend in the North Paris Arena.
00:38The first to advance was the Tacloban City native boxer and first-time Olympian, Villegas,
00:43who needed a strong focus in front of the hostile crowd
00:47in front of the hometown vet, Wasila El Cadiri,
00:50in order to secure the victory via a 3-2 split decision
00:54and secure the bronze medal ticket to the semifinals.
00:58Petesio, a Davao fighter, made history in his quarterfinals victory
01:03against Suzy Xun of China as the first Filipino boxer to win multiple Olympic medals.
01:10Despite the joy of winning a medal in the Olympics,
01:13Villegas did not plan to celebrate
01:16because his true vision of securing the bronze medal for the country was not yet fulfilled.
01:24Even when I qualified, I was so proud of myself that I made it to the finals.
01:30And now, when I celebrated my birthday, I said,
01:36God is so kind. He gave me an unexpected blessing.
01:41After that, we went back to focus because I wasn't done yet.
01:45I still have two more.
01:47So, I said, don't celebrate yet because I still have two more.
01:52National Women's Boxing Team coach, Reynaldo Galido, was happy
01:56that their hard work paid off in the training.
01:59I'm so proud of myself, especially of Anistia Siqueira.
02:02She's a first-timer.
02:04I'm so proud of my head coach.
02:10It's my first time handling an Olympic athlete.
02:13Of course, the Olympics is a different level.
02:15I'm so happy.
02:16At least now, I can tell myself that I'm one of the coaches
02:20who won medals for my athletes.
02:282005 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and now assistant coach
02:33of the National Women's Boxing Team, Mitchell Martinez,
02:37for his former teammates' great performance in the Olympics.
02:41We can see it in the training.
02:44All the hard work we've put in since the last year,
02:47all the sacrifices we've made, we don't regret it.
02:51We really talk to each other.
02:53And our athletes really follow our game plan.
02:58Every day in the training, this is what we do first.
03:02It's like a step-by-step process.
03:05For now, the two Filipino boxers are focused on their training.
03:09Beliega will face the Turkish opponent in the semifinals
03:13while Julia Zerimeta of Poland will face Petesio
03:17in the Women's 57kg event on Wednesday.
03:21Aside from this, the men's pole vault event finalist,
03:25Paul Walter E. J. Obriana,
03:27will also enter the finals.
03:29It will be held tomorrow at 1 a.m. Manila Time.
03:31Paulo Salamatina for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.