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Paris-bound boxer Nesthy Petecio knows she has to pour everything into achieving her ultimate goal in the Olympics and also break her curse in the Asian Games.

Petecio, 32, is aiming for the gold medal in Paris after placing second in the Tokyo edition.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/6/12/petecio-targets-paris-gold

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00:00Especially after Tokyo, there were a lot of opportunities that came into my life.
00:06There were a lot of things that I could do.
00:10Not only was I not able to stay in my comfort zone,
00:13but the Philippine Coast Guard opened up.
00:16I was able to say that I couldn't just put my life on the line
00:25to become a boxer.
00:28There were a lot of things that came into my life.
00:32There were a lot of things that I could do.
00:34I also had the dream of becoming a boxer.
00:39I was able to say that I couldn't just put my life on the line
00:42to become a boxer.
00:43The Philippine Coast Guard opened up.
00:46There were a lot of people who came to me
00:50and explained to me that you can't just put your life on the line to become a boxer.
00:55That's why I decided that this might be my last Olympics.
01:03But the Asian Games, I was really eager to go there
01:07because there were three Asian Games where I was really bedlocked.
01:12I was really eager to go there.
01:15I wanted to make it there.
01:17I knew that I would win a medal.
01:19My coaches knew that.
01:21My partner also knew that.
01:23After this Olympics, I wanted to make it to the Asian Games.
01:27I didn't want to be zero.
01:29They were looking for four major competitions for me.
01:34I think it was Showbiz.
01:36Yes, that's right.
01:38I was good in the C Games.
01:40I was good in the C Games.
01:42I was also silver in the Olympics.
01:45The Asian Games were really bedlocked.
01:47I was really eager to go there.

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