The Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio defeated Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of Democratic Republic of Congo 5-0 in their opening-round women’s featherweight match in the Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday.
Petecio is one of 4 Filipino boxers seeing action in the Olympics.
Another Filipina boxer, Irish Magno, tangles with Kenya’s Christine Ongare in a flyweight bout on Sunday (11:15 a.m.).
On the men’s side, Carlo Paalam faces Iran’s Brendan Irvine in their flyweight opener on Monday (12:03 p.m.)
Middlweight Eumir Marcial, who received a schedule bye, will compete on Thursday (10:48 a.m.), as he awaits his opponent.
Petecio is a 3-time silver medalist at the Southeast Asian Games, before finally copping the gold in 2019.
For Petecio, making it to the Olympics is the culmination of a lifelong dream.
"Ito 'yung pinaka-highest na pangarap ng lahat ng mga atleta," she has said.
"Kumbaga, para sa akin, kahit ano po 'yung mga nag-gold man ako sa SEA Games, sa kung anong international po, kumbaga 'pag hindi ako nakapasok sa Olympics, hindi ako nakalaro sa Olympics, kumbaga useless lahat po 'yun eh.
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