THE commitment has transformed into a tradition as the Philippine Olympic Committee presented Paris 2024 Olympics double gold medalist gymnast Carlos Yulo two house-and-lots while bronze medalist boxers Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas will soon occupy their brand-new bungalows in Tagaytay City.
“It’s now a tradition. First, Hidilyn Diaz [Naranjo] deserved all the best for giving the country its first Olympic gold medal and now, it’s the turn of Caloy [Yulo], Nesthy and Aira to be feted with the same reward for their historic efforts,” Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said yestrerday.
Yulo’s two two-storey homes sit on a 500-square meter lot appraised at around P15 million, according to POC secretary-general Atty. Wharton Chan.
The new homes will also be highlighted with gazebos, Tolentino said.
For Petecio, it would be her second home in Tagaytay City. She also received a house for her silver in Tokyo 2021–she’s in the same compound with fellow Tokyo silver medalist Carlos Paalam and Tokyo bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial, also courtesy of Tolentino and the POC.
Petecio and Villegas’s bungalows will rise on separate 200-square meter lots and just like Yulo’s, will be furnished with basic amenities, according to Tolentino.
“All the rewards and bonuses that go our medalists’ way are well-deserved, it’s not easy to medal in the Olympics, it takes years, it takes focus, discipline and determination,” Tolentino said.
