Nesthy Petecio wins second SEA Games gold

By GMA Integrated News

Published May 14, 2023 7:09pm

Southeast Asian Games - Boxing - Chroy Changvar Convention Centre Hall G, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - May 14, 2023 Women's 57kg category gold medallist Philippines' Nesthy Alcayde Petecio celebrates during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Filipino Olympic silver medalist and boxer Nesthy Petecio won her second Southeast Asian Games gold medal on Sunday in the biennial meet's 32nd edition in Cambodia.

Petecio won against Indonesia's Ratna Sari Devi in the gold medal match of the women's 57kg finals.

This is Petecio's second gold in the biennial meet after getting one in 2019.

This is boxing's fourth gold medal in the Cambodia Games following Ian Clark Bautista, Carlo Paalam, and Paul Bascon.

—Bea Micaller/Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News

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