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Filipina boxer Aira Villegas assures herself of not less than a bronze by edging France’s Wassila Lkhadiri as she makes it two medals for the Philippines after Carlos Yulo gained a historic gymnastics gold
MANILA, Philippines – Aira Villegas survived one of many closest bouts within the Paris Olympics on the best way to a assured medal.
Villegas assured herself of not less than a bronze after a gripping cut up resolution win over dwelling guess Wassila Lkhadiri of France within the girls’s 50kg quarterfinals on the North Paris on Saturday, August 3 (Sunday, August 4, Manila time).
Even with the partisan French crowd booing her, Villegas hacked out a 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 27-30 victory to make it two medals for the Philippines after Carlos Yulo gained a historic gymnastics gold earlier within the day.
Her victory additionally implies that the Philippines – celebrating 100 years of participation within the Video games – will convey dwelling a number of medals from consecutive Olympics for the primary time in historical past.
The combat remained within the stability after the primary two rounds, with three of the 5 judges scoring it a tie and the opposite two every giving Villegas and Lkhadiri the nod.
Villegas did simply sufficient within the third and closing spherical to clinch the win as she received the marketing campaign of the Philippine boxing staff again on monitor after Tokyo Video games silver medalist Carlo Paalam fell in need of the semifinals.
Paalam absorbed a cut up resolution loss to Australia’s Charlie Senior within the males’s 57kg quarterfinals, changing into the third Filipino boxer to bow out of rivalry after Eumir Marcial (males’s 85kg) and Hergie Bacyadan (girls’s 75kg).
Villegas jumped with delight and cried tears of pleasure after being introduced the winner, figuring out her life has modified from right here on out.
On prime of the P2 million incentive an Olympic bronze medalist is entitled to obtain underneath the regulation, Villegas stands to get extra rewards from the personal sector.
An even bigger windfall awaits the Tacloban Metropolis delight if she wins silver or the boxing gold that has eluded the nation for a century.
Whereas Villegas celebrated, Lkhadiri appeared totally shocked, her mouth agape as she grew to become the newest French boxer to exit the Olympics.
Villegas weapons for a spot within the gold-medal match as she battles third seed Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey within the semifinals on Tuesday, August 6 (Wednesday, August 7, Manila time). – Rappler.com
