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Olympics-Boxing-Filipina Petecio advances to finals; old rivals to meet in semis
Posted: August 1, 2021 at 10:22 pm / Sports
TOKYO (Reuters) -Reigning world champion Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines defeated Italian Irma Testa in the featherweight boxing semi-final on Saturday to keep her in the contest for what could be her country's second-ever gold medal in the Olympics. The diminutive 29-year-old lost the first round against a much-taller Testa but won the second and […]