00:00Good evening Los Angeles and Mindanao!
00:04The medal standing of the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics has risen
00:10because of the bronze medal of the first-time Olympian, Ira Villegas.
00:15Her medal in the women's 50kg boxing event is the third for the country.
00:20We are also waiting to see if the medal of Nesty Petesio
00:25will be the same in the semifinals of her division in boxing.
00:29J.P. Soriano is on the scene.
00:35Mayor Emil Vicky, Kapuso.
00:37It's past 12 o'clock in the afternoon here in Paris, France.
00:40The Olympic ring is still on display in the famous Eiffel Tower.
00:45But Ira Villegas' heart is already beating in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028
00:51after winning the bronze here in Paris.
00:54First-time Olympian, but here comes the bronze medal right away,
00:58Ira Villegas' gift to the Philippines.
01:01At one point in the second round,
01:03the opponent of Businas Kakeroglu fell from Turkey.
01:08But in the end, the Turkish boxer won the points via unanimous decision.
01:13To get the bronze, she needs to beat the best in her weight division.
01:20She needs to beat the best in her weight division
01:24as the opponent of the host country, France.
01:28Now, her target is to fight in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
01:34Now, we will find out if Nesty Petesio's sure medalist
01:39here in Paris, which won the silver in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, will reach the top.
01:46One, two, three!
01:48John Febber-Seneza will also join weightlifting,
01:52the sport that won the first Olympic gold in the Philippines
01:56due to the lifting of Heidelin Diaz in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
02:01That's right, because Diaz is here in Paris, France
02:05to support the Filipino athletes.
02:08He even joined some of them this afternoon.
02:13This is for the country, right?
02:17At 9 o'clock in the evening in the Philippines,
02:21John Febber-Seneza will fight.
02:23This is his first time in the Olympics and he will fight only for one day.
02:27That means we will find out if he will win a medal.
02:31The next day in the Philippines, at 3 o'clock in the morning,
02:36Nesty Petesio will fight for her journey
02:41to win a medal here in Paris.
02:44And live from Paris, France, and as part of the Philippine Olympic Committee Media,
02:47back to you.
02:49Thank you very much, JP Soriano.
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