MANILA, Philippines — Competing in the Olympics—the grandest stage in sports—is already nerve-wracking in itself.
That’s why Tokyo Olympian Nesthy Petecio doesn’t want to put more pressure on herself ahead of his maiden campaign in the Games.
“I’m just chill. I mean, not super chill, but I just don’t want to think about the Olympics as my toughest competition yet,” Petecio said in Filipino in an interview with the Inquirer.
“I just want to treat the Olympics the same as when I competed in the world [championships] where I just went out and did what I had to do. That’s how I want to approach it.”
The 29-year-old Petecio …
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