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Filipino fencing athlete Samantha Catantan practices for the Southeast Asian Games with the Philippine Fencing Team at the Philippine Sports Institute at the Ultra in Pasig City on November 12, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765878615195sam.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipino fencing athlete Samantha Catantan practices for the Southeast Asian Games with the Philippine Fencing Team at the Philippine Sports Institute at the Ultra in Pasig City on November 12, 2019. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>Sam Catantan, after recovering from an ACL injury, is back at the Southeast Asian Games for a redemption tour.</p><p>The Filipina star fencer has an unfinished business at the biennial sporting meet--and this time, she will be competing alongside her sisters.</p><p>“I just arrived here on the 14th from Pennsylvania, and everything is good. This SEA Games is going to be special not just for a comeback to finish an unfinished business, but also for competing alongside my two other sisters,” Catantan said.</p><p>She will compete in the individual foil event on Wednesday, while sisters Janna will see action in the women’s foil individual and team events; and Sophia will take part in the women’s foil team event.</p><p>“It is going to be huge for us if we, together with my sisters, achieve something memorable for our country,” Catantan said.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/10/paris-2024-no-injury-can-hold-back-sam-catantan-s-love-for-fencing-1600"><strong>READ: Paris 2024: No injury can hold back Sam Catantan&#x27;s love for fencing</strong></a></div><p>“I am also here to get my second gold in the SEA Games. I was in final round, but I withdrew in the Cambodia games because of the ACL injury.”</p><p>She won the gold medal in women’s individual foil in the Hanoi games three years ago before her setback in Phnom Penh in 2023.</p><p>Despite her injury, Catantan competed in the UAE fencing Olympic qualifying event, making it to the Paris Games by winning three straight matches from the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.</p><p>She also stood tall in Paris despite her injury, beating Brazilian Marian Pistoia, 15-13, in the round of 64 before exiting with a loss to Italian Arianna Errigo, 12-15.</p><p>Catantan’s biggest rival here is in the Singapore’s two-time Olympian and 2017 and 2019 SEA Games gold medalist Amita Berthier. Catantan lost to Berthier twice in those competitions.</p><p>However, the Philippine pride is ready if they cross paths again.</p><p>She also stood tall in Paris despite her injury, beating Brazilian Marian Pistoia, 15-13, in the round of 64 before exiting with a loss to Italian Arianna Errigo, 12-15.</p><p>“She is definitely a tough opponent, but I am ready for her. Then there are the Thais, and others as well,” Catantan said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/krtbzQ-KRIk??si=Z90Pm7BLD8Yl4Z_V&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Filipina star fencer has an unfinished business at the biennial sporting meet--and this time, she will be competing alongside her sisters.</p>

The Filipina star fencer has an unfinished business at the biennial sporting meet--and this time, she will be competing alongside her sisters.

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Fencing: After recovering from ACL injury, Sam Catantan eyes SEAG redemption

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