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Petecio ends 'Last Dance" with bronze after semis defeat

Published Aug 7, 2024 08:40 pm

At A Glance

  • Ranged against a taller and abrasive Julia Atena Szeremeta of Poland, Petecio faded dramatically after an impressive start and absorbed a stinging 4-1 defat in the semifinals of the women's 54kg in the Paris Olympics Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Roland Garros Stadium.

PARIS – Nesthy Petecio’s own version of “Last Dance” ended in the semifinals, and in a painful way.

Ranged against a taller and abrasive Julia Atena Szeremeta of Poland, Petecio faded dramatically after an impressive start and absorbed a stinging 4-1 defeat in the semifinals to settle for a bronze medal in the women’s 57kg in the Paris Olympics Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Roland Garros Stadium here.

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Poland's Julia Szeremeta, right, celebrates after defeating Philippines' Nesthy Petecio in their women's 57 kg semifinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Still, it was a good run for the Sta. Cruz, Davao de Sur native as she became the third Filipino athlete to win a medal in two successive Olympics -- also the first in boxing.

She joined an elite club that has weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz (silver in 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and gold in the Tokyo Games) and swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso (bronze both in n1929 and 1932 Games) as members.

Almost precise with her combos, straights and hooks, Petecio the 5-foot-5 jolted her rival in the first round to the cheers of her supporters.

But the polish recovered in the second and sustained it until the last round behind her brilliant footwork and deadly hooks to earn the nod of the judges.

In the finals set on Saturday, the Polish collides with Taiwanese top seed Lin Yu Ting, who was equally terrific in her 5-0 win over European Championships bronze medalist Esra Yıldız Kahraman of Turkey.

Petecio was likewise coming off big wins, posting 5-0 win over Indian Jaimine Lamboria, a 4-1 triumph over No. 3 seed of Amina Zidani and Chinese Xu Zizhun in the quarters.

The 32-year-old Petecio was fighting her 108th bout while the 20-year-old Szeremeta only had 42 fights before facing the Filipina veteran

 

Impressive start for Pagdanganan

Over at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, Bianca Pagdanganan held her nerves and submitted an even-par 72 to giver herself at good shot at finishing respectively.

She was seven shots behind local bet Celine Boutier who had her adoring fans bursting into wild applause each time she made birdies -- she had eight for the day that more than made up for her lone bogey.

Pagdanganan is tied with defending champion Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang of the United States after gunning down three birdies in the back nine starting on hole No. 12. Also firing a 72 is Chinese star Yin Ruoning.

Fil-Am Dottie Ardina struggled and finished with a 76

South African Ashleigh Buhai, the 2022 AIG Women’s Open champion, is in second place with a 4-under 68.

The ICTSI-backed Pagdanganan bogeyed holes Nos. 4 and 5 after hitting into fairway bunkers. She also dropped another stroke on the seventh. 

But she staged a furious comeback starting on the 12th, which she birdied with a brilliant approach.

She capped here wondrous back nine with a birdie on the long par-5 18th  despite visiting a water hazard. 

For her to advance, Ardina, whose campaign is also supported by one of the world’s leading port operators, needs to improve by leaps and bounds. 

Like Ardina, Fil-Japanese Yuka Saso also needs a huge fightback after a 77.

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