Nesthy Petecio goals for Asian Video games glory. —FILE PHOTO
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio is the primary to confess that she’s not getting any youthful.
That’s the reason there’s an utmost significance for Petecio in her bid to win the gold within the Hangzhou Asian Video games (Asiad).
“That is very, crucial to me as a result of I’m pondering that this can be my final shot. We’re not getting any youthful, we’re getting older. We’re additionally feeling issues now,” the feminine boxer mentioned in Filipino in the course of the send-off for Asiad-bound athletes at Philippine Worldwide Conference Middle on Monday.
“It is going to rely upon what would occur right here so that is essential to me,” added Petecio, who turned 31 final April.
The Davao native is coming off a profitable run to the gold within the 60-kilogram girls’s class of the Cambodia Southeast Asian (SEA) Video games, defeating Indonesia’s Ratna Sari Devi within the last.
It was additionally her second SEA Video games gold after ruling the featherweight class earlier than house supporters on the 2019 version in Manila.
However these pale compared to what she did two years in the past within the Olympics, taking house a silver in the identical featherweight division.
She was one in every of 4 Filipinos who claimed a medal in Tokyo, the most important haul the nation has claimed in a single version of the Summer season Video games.
With the entire nation anticipating Petecio to rule within the boxing ring as soon as extra, the Tokyo Olympian mentioned she is dedicating her efficiency to her household, the nation and most significantly, herself.
“I’ll be dedicating these Asian Video games for my household, as at all times, that’s primary, for the nation and likewise for myself,” she mentioned.
“Final Tokyo [Olympics], it was all for the household so this time, I’ll dedicate it to me as nicely.” In the meantime, Eumir Marcial may even use his Asiad stint as a method to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics—his principal aim. “These Asian Video games, that is additionally an Olympic qualifier for us. Now, I’m not simply pondering ‘that is the Asian Video games,’ I’m pondering that we have to attain the Finals so we are able to qualify for Paris,” mentioned Marcial. INQ
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