Nesthy Petecio might have bowed to Japanese foe
Sena Irie in the women’s featherweight finals but she is still a “gold” medalist to many of her supporters back home.
The 29-year-old Davaoeña fell a hairline short of winning what could’ve been the country’s second gold medal in the
Tokyo Olympics 2020 after Irie took the first and third rounds in the event.
Petecio took home the silver medal, which is a first for the Philippines in the Tokyo Games.
It is also the country’s first Olympic medal in boxing since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, when
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