Boxers Nesthy Petecio (left) and Carlo Paalam won silver medals in the last Olympics but are now hard-pressed to make the grade for the next one in Paris like Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo (photobelow), the Tokyo gold medalist trying to make it to the French capital via the long route. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS0 For the nation’s premier … Read more
Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio in the Asian Games in Huangzho, China. –POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China—Nesthy Petecio became the latest casualty in the short list of promising Filipino medalists at the 19th Asian Games. Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Ting delivered the cataclysmic blow by upending Petecio, 4-1, on Friday at Hangzhou Gymnasium here, showing the Filipino … Read more
FILE–Philippines’ Nesthy Alcayde Petecio. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa HANGZHOU, China—A medal in the Asian Games is the only hardware lacking in Nesthy Petecio’s crowded trophy room. Petecio is determined to add the 19th Asian Games to her collection, starting off her bid against long-time rival Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei on Friday at the Hangzhou Gymnasium … Read more
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 … Read more