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Philippines' Nesthy Petecio celebrates after winning against India's Jaismine in the women's 57kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 30, 2024. Mohd Rasfan, AFP

Philippines' Nesthy Petecio celebrates after winning against India's Jaismine in the women's 57kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 30, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722357236183AFP__20240730__367N2D3__v1__Preview__BoxingOlyParis2024.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Philippines&#x27; Nesthy Petecio celebrates after winning against India&#x27;s Jaismine in the women&#x27;s 57kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 30, 2024. Mohd Rasfan, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Philippines&#x27; Nesthy Petecio celebrates after winning against India&#x27;s Jaismine in the women&#x27;s 57kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 30, 2024. <em>Mohd Rasfan, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>(<strong>UPDATED</strong>) Nesthy Petecio&#x27;s hopes of winning an Olympic gold medal remains alive.</p><p>The Filipina star outfoxed her younger Indian foe, Jaismine Lamboria, to win via unanimous decision in their round-of-32 showdown in the women&#x27;s 57kg division of boxing on Tuesday night at the North Paris Arena (early morning in Manila).</p><p>Petecio becomes the second member of the Philippine boxing team to advance, after <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/28/aira-villegas-takes-down-moroccan-foe-advances-to-round-of-16-346">Aira Villegas</a>.</p><p>Petecio, a silver medalist in the Tokyo Games in 2021, won all five of the judges&#x27; scorecards as she fought smartly against an opponent who at 22 is 10 years younger than her.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/9/paris-2024-petecio-hungry-to-clinch-boxing-gold-in-her-possible-last-olympic-stint-1811">READ: Petecio hungry to clinch boxing gold in her possible last Olympic stint</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/29/petecio-marcial-look-to-surpass-tokyo-feats-in-paris-games-1715">READ: Petecio, Marcial look to surpass Tokyo feats in Paris Games</a></div><p>Jaismine, at 5-foot-9, also had a significant height advantage but proved too slow against the wily Filipina. Petecio was able to land the cleaner, more significant punches all throughout, and repeatedly made Jaismine miss whenever she attempted to engage. </p><p>Petecio will be back in action on August 2 against a home bet -- Amina Zidani -- in the round-of-16. Zidani, seeded third in the weight class, drew a bye in the round-of-32.</p><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/4W5qL_79aeM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

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Paris 2024: Petecio through to round-of-16 after outfoxing Indian foe

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Published Jul 31, 2024 12:22 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 31, 2024 12:34 AM PHT

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