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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1721370416401Maxine-Esteban-07192024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban. Handout photo"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted" style="text-align:left">Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban. <em>Handout photo</em></span></span></span></span></div><p><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">MANILA </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important">–</span> Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will be contending in the Paris Games with a complete supporting cast — her family, coach, sponsors, and a special someone.</p><p>For those who are curious: <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);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"></span>yes, Maxine is taken, and her partner will be out there cheering for the fencing wunderkind at the biggest sporting stage in the globe.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s not a secret. Yeah, I do,&quot; Esteban told ABS-CBN News when asked whether she has a boyfriend or not.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/17/guidance-of-italian-maestro-a-boost-for-world-no-27-maxine-esteban-2305"><strong>READ: Paris 2024: Guidance of Italian maestro a confidence boost for World No. 27 Maxine Esteban</strong></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/3/olympic-bound-maxine-esteban-rises-to-world-no-27-1620"><strong>READ: Olympic-bound Maxine Esteban rises to world No. 27</strong></a></div><p>She, however, specifically requested to ABS-CBN News that his name remain undisclosed.</p><p>Esteban, 23, gave a bit of a background about her current partner, whom she met in an Indonesian fencing competition.</p><p>&quot;He&#x27;s actually a fencer in Indonesia. He represents Indonesia, but he&#x27;s Filipino as well,&quot; she said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/24/paris-bound-maxine-esteban-anta-renew-partnership-1337"><strong>READ: Paris-bound Maxine Esteban, ANTA Philippines renew partnership</strong></a></div><p>&quot;We have been friends since I was really small, and we met in many international competitions.&quot; Esteban shared happily.</p><p>&quot;I think it was during a competition in Indonesia, Indonesian Open ata. And our parents were also high school classmates before.</p><p>Esteban shared how they &quot;developed&quot; feelings for each other and said that she was glad for her boyfriend&#x27;s support.</p><p>&quot;After COVID, we went to New York kasi we had a training camp, and it was one of the first few clubs that opened after COVID. And then we became closer at that time, and then he visited me then in Italy a lot of times. He always supports me,&quot; he said. </p><p>The unnamed guy will fly to Paris this weekend to rally behind Esteban at the Summer Games.</p><div><br/></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/KxXCTWr4CxQ??si=L030AhCcmJomoZVE&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will be contending in the Paris Games with a complete supporting cast — her family, coach, sponsors, and a special someone.</p>

Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will be contending in the Paris Games with a complete supporting cast — her family, coach, sponsors, and a special someone.

For those who are curious: Maxine Esteban is taken, and she's happy

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For those who are curious: Maxine Esteban is taken, and she's happy

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 19, 2024 02:27 PM PHT

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Updated July 19, 2024 05:22 PM PHT

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