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.

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