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THE PHILIPPINE STAR i

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House cites PinoY chamPions

in boxing gYmnastlcs
By EDU PUNAY in the world stage,"
success
read the resolution.
The House of RePresen- "Y'ulo's victorv in the
tatives is set to honor two world championsliip is the
Filipino athleies who re- victory of the FiliPino nation
centiy bagged gold medals and shall serve as a Eood
in gymnastics and boxing plat'orm for his PreParations
world championshiPs. in the 2020 Tokyo OIYmPic
Marinduque ReP. Lord Games," it stated.
Allan Velasco has filed rcsolu- Last Oct. 7, Yulo also
tions commending gymnast booked the country's s?c-
Carlos Edriel Yulo and boxer ond OlymPic slot in the
Nesthy Petecio for their re- 2020 Tokvo Games a{ter Pole
soective achievements.. vaulter EJ Obiena sealed
' {n Resolution No. 437, his own Olympic ticket last
Velasco sought congressfonal SeDtember:
recoenition for Yulo for mak-
'Resolution No. 438,
ing f,istory and winning the on the other hand, com-
coirntrv's first-ever world mended Petecio for winning
championship in gymnas- the gold medal in the 2019
tics when he bagged the AIBA Womerf s World Box-
gold medal in the 49th FIG ing ChampionshiPs held in
(F6deration Internationale ljlan-Ude, Russia.
de Gymnastique) Artistic "Nesthy Petecio's Per-
Gymnastics World ChamPi- formanc6 in the world
orship in St ,ttgart, Germany championship lights an
last Oct. 12. even greater fire in the
"Yulo's oerformance is a heaits of all Filipino wom-
true showiase of each and en athletes who are PrePar-
every Filipino athlete's Puso inq for and will compete in
(heart) and will serve as an thE Southeast Asian Games
inspiration for Present and that will take place here
future generations of FiliPino in Manila next month," he
athletes to aspire tor greater added.

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