The Philippines’ Aira Villegas, proper, celebrates after defeating France’s Wassila Lkhadiri of their ladies’s 50kg quarterfinal boxing match on the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Picture/Ariana Cubillos)
MANILA, Philippines—In February of 2023, Aira Villegas absorbed a disheartening quarterfinal loss within the 74th Strandja Cup in Bulgaria by the hands of France’s Wassila Lkhadiri.
On Sunday morning (Manila time), Villegas stared on the similar ghost in nearly the identical scenario in one other quarterfinal bout however this time on the largest stage of all of them on the Paris Olympics 2024 in France.
And this time, Villegas didn’t let the ghost of her previous hang-out her any longer. FULL STORY
