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“Sean [Gibbons] readily agreed that Marcial focuses on Hangzhou and go after his Olympic dream,” Tolentino said.

It will, however, be a tough campaign for Marcial in Hangzhou.

First, he’ll be fighting at 81 kgs (light heavyweight) because the 71-kg class (middleweight) where he clinched bronze in Tokyo was scratched from the Hangzhou program.

And second, he needs to reach the final after it was decreed that only the boxing finalists in Hangzhou will qualify for Paris—no longer the traditional semifinals cut off.

Marcial is aware of the challenge and vowed to go all out for his Olympic dream

“It’s now or never,” said the 27-yearold boxer from Zamboanga City, who’s unbeaten in four pro fights.

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ing club in topping the women’s recurve under-18 qualifying round with a tally of 639 point in the competition also backed by FR Sevilla Industrial Corp. owned by WAP chairman Felizardo Sevilla Jr.

The most bemedaled archer in the girls secondary division of the last Palarong Pambansa, Tagle shattered the old mark of Giulana Garcia of 614 also in the same Marikina meet during the tourney also supported by the Cebu City government led by Mayor Mike Rama and Councilor Dondon Hontiveros, who heads the Cebu City council.

In the compound event, University of Baguio Archery Club’s Alon Yuan Jucutan scored 683 points in getting top spot in the men’s under-18 qualifying round, besting his own score of 673 at the Ireland meet.