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How they qualified for Paris: Marcial, Petecio, Villegas, Paalam, Bacyadan

IN the final installment of this seven-part 'How they qualified for Paris' series, The Manila Times explains how boxers Eumir Marcial, Nesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas, Carlo Paalam and Hergie Bacyadan punched their Paris Olympic tickets.

Before going to the specifics, this series reviewing how Paris Games-bound Filipino athletes keyed their entries opened with Joanie Delgaco (rowing), Samantha Catantan (fencing) and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe (judo) — the lone representatives of their respective national teams.