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Filipina fencer Samantha Catantan etched her name in Philippine sports history after stunning Brazil’s Mariana Pistoia in the Round of 64 of the women’s individual foil event at the Paris Olympics.
Samantha Catantan heaved a big sigh of relief, returning to action after months of recuperating from an ACL injury she suffered in 2023.
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Filipina fencer Maxine Esteban will be representing Ivory Coast’s orange, white and green in Paris but for the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), she’ll always be a source of pride and honor for her native country.