Nesthy Petecio respects judges’ verdict after settling for SEA Video games bronze

Competing in a heavier weight class after successful Olympic boxing medals within the girls’s 57kg division, Nesthy Petecio misses out on getting gold in back-to-back SEA Video games following her shut loss within the girls’s 63kg semifinals

CHONBURI, Thailand – Again-to-back boxing gold medals within the Southeast Asian Video games stay elusive for Nesthy Petecio.

Petecio, a two-time Olympian, settled for bronze within the girls’s 63kg class after a 3-2 loss to Indonesia’s Huswatun Hasanah within the semifinals on the Chulalongkorn College Sports activities Middle in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, December 13. 

Competing in a heavier weight class after successful an Olympic silver and bronze within the girls’s 57kg class, Petecio felt she did simply sufficient to succeed in the gold-medal match however stated she revered the judges’ verdict. 

“I’m glad with my efficiency. It’s my first time on this weight division, I’m heavier however my velocity and energy are nonetheless there,” stated Petecio in Filipino. 

“Even when we weren’t given the win that we’re in search of right here, I all the time respect the judges’ resolution. However it was evident, and even I do know it, that I used to be main in that struggle.”

Petecio took a break for almost a 12 months after bringing house the 57kg bronze within the 2024 Paris Olympics.

That lengthy layoff led to her weight achieve and Petecio wanted to maneuver as much as 63kg, which is 2 divisions above his regular class.

“I educated for this for less than a few month. I’m completely happy as a result of my velocity continues to be there,” stated Petecio. “The lesson is to stay to 57kg.” 

Regardless of the loss, Petecio raised her SEA Video games medal tally to seven after bagging golds in 2019 and 2023, silvers in 2011, 2013, and 2015, and a bronze in 2021. 

One other Filipino Olympian failed to succeed in the ultimate as Hergie Bacyadan additionally obtained bronze following a defeat to house guess Baison Manikon within the girls’s 70kg on Friday, December 12. – Rappler.com