Nesthy Petecio settles for Bronze in 2024 Paris Olympics

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00:00The Philippines now has four medals in the ongoing

00:032024 Paris Olympics this after Nesty Petetio captured the bronze in the women's 57 kilogram boxing event

00:11Rafael Bandariel has the details

00:21Nesty Petetio's Paris Olympics campaign may have ended but she won't be coming home empty-handed

00:27Petetio settled for the bronze medal after losing her semi-finals bout in the women's 57 kilogram boxing event

00:35against Julia Seremeta of Poland

00:38Petetio was off to a tremendous start going up in the judges scorecards after an aggressive first round

00:44However, the 20-year-old Polish boxer showed tremendous grit in rounds two and three

00:50Convincing the judges to give her the nod after three rounds the scorecards read

00:5528-29, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, and 29-28 in favor of Seremeta

01:05I told them that I respect what they saw in the fight

01:10Maybe they have other sides, maybe based on the score, they won't punch

01:17Maybe it's the aggressiveness or the still hype or something like that

01:23The Philippines now has two bronze medals from boxing after first-time Olympian Ira Villegas

01:29also took third place in the women's 50 kilogram division

01:33As the biggest icon in Philippine boxing, no one is prouder than 8th division world champion Manny Pacquiao

01:40who extended his greetings to boxers Petetio and Villegas

01:45It's our honor for the Filipinos to receive this bronze medal

01:53Hoping that our athletes will continue to get gold

02:01Congratulations to all the athletes who brought their flags abroad and participated in the Olympics

02:10It's a great honor for our country to be recognized by the Philippines

02:17After Petetio's bronze medal finish, the Philippines' medal hole in the Summer Games currently stands at 4

02:23Meanwhile, this is Petetio's second medal in the Olympics after bringing home the silver in Tokyo back in 2021

02:31Rafael Banderel, from the National TV of the New and Better Philippines