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So the Philippines will already have a 2 medal haul in this Olympics, another accomplished for the country. The last time the country won multi medal is 89 years ago.
1 Gold 1 Bronze for the PH, very proud of this "girls".
Another quick update for the Philippines, Nesthy Petecio won her match against Testa of Italy with a score of 4-1.
She is now assured of a Silver medal already. But for sure he is gunning for the second gold medal for the Philippines. However, she will be facing a home town fighter Sena Irie. Will be a tough task for her and hopefully the judges will not be bias.
About Nesthy Petecio winning a second Gold for the country, I can't help but laugh at the memes circulating lately. The private sponsors who gave Hidilyn cash/non-cash gifts are sweating because they have to do the same for Neshy.
Lol, I do hope that they don't jinx Petecio, she will be gunning for our second golds in this Olympics. Let's pray that she can win because she will be facing a local fighter.
On a serious note, this is probably the golden age for Philippine Olympics that will be hard to replicate in the future. I hope the next administrations can maintain or improve training facilities all around the country and provide additional funding to our athletes.
We are already assured of a 3 medal haul. Another boxer has another bronze already and be going up for another potential semi-final in his next fight. Eumir Marcial knock out his opponent in first round with still 49 seconds left.
And if another of our boxer won his next fight, another sure bronze for us courtesy of Carlo Paalam.
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