HANGZHOU, China: Olympic silver medalist Nesthy Petecio failed to repeat against rival Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei and made an early exit in the 19th Asian Games Friday at the Hangzhou gymnasium.
Lin used her height and reach advantage to keep at bay her Filipina adversary on the way to pulling off a 4-1 decision, and a place in the quarterfinals of the women's 57-kg class.Two years ago, Petecio, 31, took the measure out of the 5-foot-9 Chinese Taipei fighter by beating her, 3-2, in the round of 16 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where the native of Davao Del Sur won a silver medal.This time, it wasn't meant to be.
Now she has to go through and compete in the World Championship in the hopes of making it in the Paris Games and complete what had been an unfinished business for her.Petecio's exit also ended the women's team campaign in the Asian Games, leaving the men's team – now down to just three fighters – to carry the fight in a bid to win Philippine boxing's first gold medal since the 2010 edition of the quadrennial meet in Guangzhou, China.
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