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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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