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00:00The Heroes Welcome to Otacloban City is planned for Ira Villegas
00:04who won a bronze medal in the women's 50kg boxing event of the Paris Olympics.
00:10Let's watch JP Soriano.
00:14Every punch that Ira Villegas misses,
00:17her determination to win is strong.
00:20In one point in the second round,
00:22she knocked down her opponent, Buse Nas Kakeroglu from Turkey.
00:28But in the end, the Turkish boxer won via unanimous decision.
00:32Despite being unable to advance in the finals of the women's 50kg boxing event,
00:36Ira was sure that she would win the bronze medal in the first-time Olympics.
00:41And now, she has a next target,
00:44the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
00:47Ira's family in Otacloban City is proud of her achievement.
00:51I'm very proud of Ira, I'm very happy.
00:54I'm very thankful for the opportunity that was given to me.
01:03The Barangay and Otacloban City LGU
01:06is planning to hold a Heroes Welcome to the Olympic bronze medalist.
01:11President Marcos also invited her.
01:15Carlos Yulo, the two-time Olympic gold medalist,
01:18is enjoying the City of Love with his beloved Chloe.
01:24They also finished the two bronze medals
01:26while holding the famous Octotube.
01:30They also went on a food trip
01:33and were shown off in Disneyland Paris.
01:36In a few days, it will be time for the Philippines to find out
01:39if the sure medalist of Nestea Petetio will reach Paris,
01:45where she won silver in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
01:49John February-Sinisa will also join weightlifting.
01:53Sports that won the first Olympic gold in the Philippines
01:56due to the birth of Jaidynn Diaz in the Tokyo Olympics.
02:01It's right that Diaz is here in Paris, France
02:04to support the Filipino athletes.
02:08She even joined a few of them this afternoon.
02:11We are here at the 4th place overall of the Men's Tournament.
02:17EJ said that the messages of support from the athletes are very important.
02:22It gives you a perspective.
02:25Definitely something that, you know,
02:27athletes, fellow athletes understand.
02:29Like, it's a different, it's a very niche perspective, of course.
02:34Despite being weak and without a medal,
02:37it's still special for EJ that he was able to compete,
02:40especially that he was accompanied by his parents in the Paris Olympics.
02:44I would have wanted, of course, to share a medal with them,
02:49you know, to have a full circle,
02:51but it didn't happen.
02:53EJ said that he will give priority to his health,
02:57which he has been suffering from for a long time.
02:59Since 2022, he has been suffering from a back injury.
03:03Because of the severe pain in his lumbar spine,
03:05or the low back area,
03:07EJ was unable to do a proper pole vault
03:10two weeks before the Paris Olympics.
03:13According to his friend, James Michael Lafferty,
03:16instead of going to the Paris Olympics,
03:19they looked for a medical procedure
03:21to temporarily remove the pain.
03:24He got so bad and he couldn't even run.
03:26Ten days before the Olympic Games,
03:28he's not even vaulting.
03:29The fact that he competed, in my opinion, is amazing.
03:34The fact that he came in fourth is beyond amazing.
03:37I think it did affect me, but not on the competition day.
03:40It affected my preparation going in,
03:42it affected my consistency,
03:44it affected, I think, my overall program going into Paris.
03:49When asked if he will compete in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028,
03:54EJ became emotional.
03:56He said he wants to build his confidence first.
03:59EJ will finish the remaining pole vault tournaments this year.
04:04The reason why I can't give you guys the answer
04:06that you guys, I think, want to have,
04:09it's just that I don't want to lie.
04:11I don't want to be in LA and just be in LA.
04:14If I'm going to do that, I'm going to go all out.
04:16And it's going to be another four painstaking years.
04:19I need to focus everything and live this life.
04:23And yeah, it takes a little bit of thinking
04:28to understand that.
04:29And I think I need to give myself time.
04:33And it's a decision that's pretty big.
04:36Next month, EJ plans to hold
04:39a world-class pole vault tournament in the Philippines
04:42with the co-finalists of the Paris Olympics.
04:45Yeah, I would want to be able to bring
04:47an international competition.
04:49It's already registered, sanctioned.
04:52Sanctioned by World Athletics.
04:54The idea is it's going to happen in September 20.
04:56The surface that we're using is the same
04:58as what surfaced here in Paris, in Tokyo.
05:03The Filipino rower, Johanny Delgaco,
05:06who competed in the women's roving single skull
05:09in the 2024 Paris Olympics,
05:11from here in Paris, France,
05:13as a member of the Philippine Olympic Committee Media,
05:15I am JP Soriano.
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