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Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Jeck Batallones

ABS-CBN News

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17188949928592-Composite.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will have the honor of carrying the Philippine flag during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The announcement, made by the Philippine Olympic Committee last week, recognizes Petecio and Paalam&#x27;s achievements in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where they both secured silver medals.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/17/petecio-paalam-named-ph-flag-bearers-for-paris-games-1345"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/17/petecio-paalam-named-ph-flag-bearers-for-paris-games-1345">READ: Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam named PH flag-bearers for Paris Games</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They have since booked their return trip to the Games, with both eyeing another podium finish in Paris.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2024 selection marks a continuation of the International Olympic Committee&#x27;s gender equality initiative. In 2021, boxer Eumir Marcial and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe shared flag-bearer duties in Tokyo, setting a precedent for the Paris Games.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Petecio clinched her spot in Paris at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 held last March in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Paalam followed suit, securing his berth via the second and final OQT held in Bangkok this June.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/12/2-filipina-boxers-secure-olympic-spots-934"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/12/2-filipina-boxers-secure-olympic-spots-934">READ: 2 Filipina boxers secure Olympic spots</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/1/paalam-earns-return-trip-to-olympics-2221"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/1/paalam-earns-return-trip-to-olympics-2221">READ: Paalam earns return trip to Olympics</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Sobrang blessed, honoured kasi ako napili maging flag bearer pero sa totoo po reaction ko, &#x27;Ay talaga?&#x27;&quot; Petecio said. &quot;Kasi talaga, nasa isip ko si EJ (Obiena) at Caloy (Yulo).&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Sila po talaga, so never ko naisip na magiging isa ako doon. So sobrang thankful po ako,&quot; she added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Paalam, meanwhile, acknowledges the weight of this prestigious opportunity.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Masaya po kasi di lang apelyido dala namin po eh. Buong Pilipinas yung dala namin naglalakad kami hawak bandila,&quot; he said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Paris Games will run from July 26 to August 11, with the opening ceremony set at the Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Petecio and Paalam are part of the Philippines&#x27; five-athlete boxing delegation to the Summer Games, along with Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial and and debutants Aira Villegas and Hergie Bacyadan.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also set to represent the country in Paris are: pole vaulter EJ Obiena; fencer Samantha Catantan; gymnasts Carlos Yulo, Aleah Finnegan, Emma Malabuyo and Levi Ruivivar; rower Joanie Delgaco; and weightlifters John Ceniza, Elreen Ando, and Vanessa Sarno. </span></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TWyEfhRGaR8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will have the honor of carrying the Philippine flag during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.</p>

Boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will have the honor of carrying the Philippine flag during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.

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Petecio, Paalam honored to carry PH flag in Olympics opening

Jeck Batallones,

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Published Jun 20, 2024 10:50 PM PHT

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