Workforce Philippines’ Aira Villegas, celebrates after defeating Algeria’s Roumaysa Boualam after defeated her of their girls’s 50kg preliminary boxing match on the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photograph/Ariana Cubillos)
Aira Villegas on early Friday (Philippine time) grew to become the second Workforce Philippines boxer to advance to the quarterfinals within the Paris Olympics 2024.
Celebrating her twenty ninth birthday, Villegas gave herself the proper reward with an upset of No. 2 Roumaysa Boualam from Algeria to maneuver nearer to a assured medal in Paris.
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It was the second straight unanimous resolution win for Villegas, who has been spectacular to date in her Olympic debut.
She gave the Philippine boxing workforce, which has since misplaced two medal hopefuls in Eumir Marcial and Hergie Bacyadan, a successful begin within the Paris Olympics on Monday with a victory over Yasmine Mouttaki on factors.
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Villegas wants only one extra victory to earn a minimum of a bronze medal and standing in the way in which of that’s Wassila Lkhadiri from host France. Their quarterfinal bout is ready for August 4.
Three extra Filipino boxers are within the hunt for medals in Paris.
Carlo Paalam, who earned a bye to the spherical of 16, secured a seat within the quarterfinals after a successful debut on Thursday whereas Nesthy Petecio shoots for the subsequent spherical early Saturday.
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