Paris Olympian Hergie Bacyadan returned to action, but this time in a different sport after she ruled the K1 - 70-kilogram class of the 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships in Phnom Penh, Cambodia over the weekend.Bacyadan, 29, took the gold medal via abandonment after her rival Chinese Teng Jinwei...
Boxer Hergie Bacyadan said she is focusing on other sports to figure things out after suffering an early exit at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Hergie Bacyadan (AP)In a heroes’ welcoming party held at New Port World Resorts in Pasay City recently, the 29-year-old pugilist revealed that she’s joining...
PARIS – Olympic rookie Hergie Bacyadan is not going anywhere as far as Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Secretary-General Wharton Chan is concerned. Hergie Bacyadan (AP)“She will remain in boxing as she has a great potential. More than that, she has an Olympics to look forward...
PARIS – The dream Olympic debut was not a pleasant one for Hergie Bacyadan but the warrior from Tabuk, Kalinga accepted her defeat positively.Philippines' Hergie Bacyadan takes a swing at China's Li Qian in their women's 75 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July...
Hergie Bacyadan failed to make an impression in her 2024 Paris Olympic debut after losing to top seed Li Qian of China via unanimous decision in the round of 16 of the women’s 75kg class at the North Paris Arena on Wednesday, July 31.Hergie Bacyadan, right, absorbs a first-round loss at the 2024...
PARIS – Two more Filipino boxers – Tokyo Games silver medal winner Carlo Paalam and rookie Hergie Bacyadan – make their much-awaited debuts in the 20024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 31, each one facing a different challenge.Tokyo Games silver medal winner Carlo Paalam, left, and rookie...
“Bahala na si Lord.”That was the text message of Philippine boxing coach Ronald Chavez from Saarbrucken, Germany on Sunday, July21, when asked how important the draw is for the five boxers – three returning medalists and two newcomers – in the 2024 Paris Olympics which will have its...
Over the years, or even decades, boxing usually is the first sport that comes to mind every time there is one important international event coming.The Paris Olympics is no different. PH pugs Hergie Bacyadan, from left, Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, coach Ronald Chavez, Aira Villegas and Eumir...
Paris-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio and Hergie Bacyadan beam with pride as they represent the Philippines while carrying the rainbow flag on local and international stages.Paris-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio, right, and Hergie BacyadanPetecio, who, according to her, is competing in her final Olympic...
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has high hopes for the Paris-bound athletes who aim to deliver the country's first Olympic gold in the sport.(From left) Paris-bound boxers Hergie Bacyadan, Nesthy Petecio, and Aira VillegasThe contingent, composed of Tokyo medalists...
It's going to be a special 3-in-1 session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, June 11, with the Philippine boxing team bound for the Paris Olympics leading the guests list at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.Olympians Nesthy Petecio, Aira...
The job is not yet done for the Philippine boxing team after it qualified five fighters to the 2024 Paris Olympics happening late next month.Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) secretary general Marcus Manalo said expectations are high for the Filipino pugs after managing to...
