Published January 15, 2021, 2:54 PM
Tokyo Olympics hopefuls (from left) Marjon Planar, Neshty Petecio and Junmilardo Ogayre finally arrived at the Inspire Sports Academy for the bubble training. (Photo from the Philippine Sports Commission)
World champion Nesthy Petecio and two fellow boxers were the first athletes to enter the training bubble for the Tokyo Olympics aspirants in three combat sports which formally started on Friday at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.
Petecio, the gold medal winner in the featherweight division of the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships held in Russia, arrived at the “Calambubble” along with Marjon Planar and Junmilardo Ogayre all the way from Davao City.