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Tokyo Olympics silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam were named the Philippines’ flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics to be held on July 26.Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino made the announcement at a POC briefing on Monday.
So we’ll give it to the two silvers. Nesthy and Carlo.”Petecio, 32, became the country’s first boxing Olympic medalist since Onyok Velasco in 1996 when she clinched the silver in the women’s featherweight event in Tokyo in August of 2021. She defeated an Italian opponent in the semis to enter the gold medal match but came up short against hometown bet Sena Irie of Japan.The 25-year-old Paalam won silver in the men’s flyweight event a few days later.
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